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By the rivers of water : a nineteenth-century Atlantic odyssey / Erskine Clarke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, Erskine, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wilson, J. Leighton (John Leighton), 1809-1886.
- Wilson, J. Leighton.
- Wilson, Jane Bayard, 1809-1885.
- Wilson, Jane Bayard.
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S--Missions--Gabon.
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S--Missions--Liberia.
- Grebo (African people)--Missions.
- Grebo (African people).
- Missionaries--Gabon--Biography.
- Missionaries.
- Missionaries--Liberia--Biography.
- Missionaries--United States--Biography.
- Mpongwe (African people)--Missions.
- Mpongwe (African people).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (489 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Part I, Starting places. A slave's world
- Many mansions
- A Black River home
- A place seen from afar. Part II, Journey to a West African cape. Testing the waters
- Fair hope among the Grebo
- Beneath an African sky
- Sorrows and conflicts
- The bitter cost of freedom
- Exploring strange worlds
- The conversion of William Davis (Mworeh Mah)
- Rose-tinted glasses
- "The liberty of choosing for themselves." Part III, Life among the Mpongwe. Toko and the waterwitch
- A sophisticated, hospitable, and heathen people
- Rainforest lessons
- The French : "the most dishonest and shameless people"
- Home visit
- "He worships with sincere devotion the customs of his ancestors." Part IV, Homeward journey. An unsought and unexpected appointment
- A patriot's choice
- Civil war
- Home ground
- Distant voices.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-465-03769-0
- OCLC:
- 861525359
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