Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Ralph Connor
Born: September 13, 1860
Died: October 31, 1937 (aged 77)
Bio: Rev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, or Ralph Connor, was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a Church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United churches in Canada. Gordon was also at one time a master at Upper Canada College.
Known for:
- The man from Glengarry (1901)
- The Sky Pilot a Tale of the Foothills (1899)
- The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land (1919)
- Black Rock: A Tale of the Selkirks (1898)