KATHLEEN STRANGE, whose manuscript won the $1,000 prize in a Canadian Book Contest with work from all over Canada, was born in London. During the War she served in the Secretariat of the Admiralty, and later with the Ministry of Munitions, where she met the man whom she married, and who plays a central part in this book. While en route to Hawaii in 1919 Major Strange fell ill, and on the doctor’s advice they turned to Canada and life on a farm. Starting without experience the Stranges developed a great seed business, and have since been leading figures in Canadian agriculture. WITH THE WEST IN HER EYES graphically describes their struggle from rock bottom to the eminence they now enjoy.
