As a panel of Americana this life story of an seems worth reissuing. Professor Charles Wallaces places the book in its...

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PETER CARTWRIGHT

As a panel of Americana this life story of an seems worth reissuing. Professor Charles Wallaces places the book in its background of the mid 19th century. In Cartwright completed his record he estimated that he had received ten thousand converts. He baptised 12,000 children and 14,600 . One of the fiercest revilists to pi in himself a convert in his native Kentucky. He had on effect that was indescent. Today his descriptions of may offend some readers, but with current ins in type of revivalism adds an historical note. extremes of poverty and hardship in his fifty three years of his story has its of inspiration as a part of the in America.

Pub Date: Feb. 13, 1956

ISBN: 1432623923

Page Count: -

Publisher: N/A

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1956

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