Francis travelled from Holland to Edmonton on the troop ship, the Kota Inten in April of 1948. A week later he moved to his uncle's small range in Houston B.C. where he was employed for two years as a farm hand. After that, he became a Lumber Jack...

Francis Ruiter, who came to Canada in 1948, is the author of Journal of a Dutch Immigrant. In his second book, Out of My Mind, Francis continues to recount stories of his past. In simple narrative and verse, he reflects on life's hopes and fears, ...