1896 · Upland, In
by Reade, Thaddeus Constantin
Upland, In, 1896. 19,[1]pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Rear cover with lower corner chipped away, covers lightly stained and worn. Ink ownership stamps inside front cover and on titlepage, ex-library markings on rear leaf and inside rear cover. Text clean. Good. The biography of Sammy Morris, an African boy who was taken prisoner by another tribe, then escaped and made his way to a coffee plantation where he converted to Christianity. He made his way to America in order to be educated for missionary work, ending up in northern Indiana, where he became a student at Taylor University. He died while in study there. Only a handful of copies in OCLC. (Inventory #: WRCAM47006)