Hardcover
1974 · Boston
by Kring, Walter Donal
Boston: Beacon Press, 1974. Hardcover. G+ (Has average age overall, with some edge wear to DJ; this copy is WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to American author Will Barnet and his wife Elena, on tp.). Turquoise cloth, blue illus. pictorial dust jacket, 278 pp., BW illus. "This is not a typical parish history, largely about buildings and ministers. Instead, the author has constructed a fascinating portrait of the ambitious 'strangers from inland and outland' who were attracted to the growing port of New York and who grew with it. Almost all of the men and women who founded these churches were from New England, and their personal stories enter into the history of these churches." (dj) This copy is WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to American author Will Barnet and his wife Elena, on the title page.
(Inventory #: 153627)