Lion of the Forest : James B. Finley, Frontier Reformer /

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James B. Finley -- circuit rider, missionary, prison reformer, church official -- transformed the Ohio River Valley in the nineteenth century. As a boy he witnessed frontier raids, and as a youth he was known as the ""New Market Devil"" In adulthood, he traveled the Ohio forests,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cole, Charles Chester (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Finley, James B. > (James Bradley), > 1781-1856.
Social reformers.
Pioneers.
Missionaries.
HISTORY > United States > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
RELIGION > Christianity > Methodist.
Reformateurs sociaux > Ohio, Vallee de l' > Biographies.
Missionnaires > Ohio, Vallee de l' > Biographies.
Pionniers > Ohio, Vallee de l' > Histoire.
Social reformers > Ohio River Valley > Biography.
Missionaries > Ohio River Valley > Biography.
Pioneers > Ohio River Valley > History.
Ohio River Valley.
Ohio, Vallee de l' > Biographies.
Ohio River Valley > Biography.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Foreword; Editors' Preface; Author's Preface; Chronology of James B. Finley's Life; 1. The New Market Devil; 2. The Expansion of Methodism in Ohio; 3. Encounter with the Wyandots; 4. Fight against the Federal Government; 5. Power and Struggle; 6. Crusade for Temperance; 7. A Hero in Spite of Himself; 8. The Prison Years; 9. The Occasional Historian; 10. The Last Years; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

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