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Joseph Brown, or, The young Tennessean whose life was saved by the power of prayer : an Indian tale / edited by Thomas O. Summers.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brown, Joseph, active 1838-1886--Juvenile literature.
- Brown, Joseph.
- Creek Indians--Captivities--Juvenile literature.
- Creek Indians.
- Indian captivities--Juvenile literature.
- Indian captivities.
- Cherokee Indians--Captivities--Juvenile literature.
- Cherokee Indians.
- Tennessee--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Tennessee.
- Brown, Joseph, 1772-1886.
- Creek Indians--Captivities.
- Cherokee Indians--Captivities.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Shelman, Lyons (former owner) (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 126 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
- Other Title:
- Joseph Brown
- Young Tennessean whose life was saved by the power of prayer
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville, Tenn. : Southern Methodist Pub. House, 1884.
- Summary:
- Recounts the life of a young boy captured in Tennessee in 1785 by a band of Cherokee and Creek Indians.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copy has ms. calculations in pencil on front pastedown and ms. pencil tests on back free endpapers.
- Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Schimmel Collection copy has ms. inscription ("Lyons Shelman aged 2 yrs 8 months From Uncle Rob Dec 23rd 91") in brown ink recording the gift of this volume probably to Lyons Pleas Shellman (1889-1970).
- OCLC:
- 903425514
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