Allan, Gladys Lillian, 1907-2001
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- 1907-2001
Gladys Lillian Lamb was born on June 20, 1907 in The Pas, Manitoba, as one of eleven children raised by English immigrants Thomas Henry Peacock Lamb (also known as THP Lamb or Ten House-Power Lamb) and Caroline Alice Marks Lamb. She grew up in Moose Lake, Manitoba on the edge of a Cree Indian reservation and wrote about her experiences in Dew Upon the Grass under the name Billie Lamb Allan. The title came from a favourite quotation of her father from the King James version of the Bible: "The King's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favour is as dew upon the grass." She died on February 4, 2001.