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Iris Eugenie Friend Sayle
Best known as the co-author of a lively 1922 travel memoir, this British writer helped turn a demanding 3,000-mile prairie mission into an engaging first-hand adventure. Her work captures both the hardship and the energy of early motor travel across western Canada.
1 Audiobook
Across the Prairie in a Motor Caravan A 3,000 Mile Tour by Two Englishwomen on Behalf of Religious Education
by Frances Hatton Eva Hasell, Iris Eugenie Friend Sayle
About the author
Iris Eugenie Friend Sayle was a British writer remembered chiefly for co-authoring Across the Prairie in a Motor Caravan with Frances Hatton Eva Hasell. The book was published in 1922 and tells the story of a 3,000-mile journey by two Englishwomen traveling across the Canadian prairies in support of religious education.
Available sources suggest she was born in London in 1894 and died in Cumbria in 1973. One local history source also notes that she was living with her parents in Saffron Walden in 1911 and later became involved with a circle of Anglican missionary teachers.
Although little biographical detail is easy to confirm, her surviving book gives a clear sense of her world: practical, observant, and adventurous. For readers interested in travel writing, women’s history, or missionary work in early twentieth-century Canada, her voice remains a valuable part of the record.