An autobiography : the story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored evangelist / Amanda Smith ; with an introduction by Jualynne E. Dodson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Amanda, 1837-1915.

Contributor:

Dodson, Jualynne E., writer of introduction.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers

The Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smith, Amanda, 1837-1915.

Smith, Amanda.

Women evangelists--United States--Biography.

Women evangelists.

African American women--Biography.

African American women.

United States.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xlii, 506 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 26 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 17 cm.

Other Title:

Autobiography of Amanda Smith

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Chicago : Meyer & Brother, 1893.

"Whenever possible, the volumes in this set were reproduced directly from original materials. When availability, physical condition of original texts, or other circumstances prohibited this, volumes or portions of volumes were reset."--Publisher's Note.

"The inclusion of 'An Autobiography' by Amanda Berry Smith is a significant contribution to scholarly understandings of black women's involvement in the AME Church as well as their participation in the Christian Evangelist Movement."--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiv-xlii).

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Nonfiction, Winner, 1989

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Other Format:

Online version: Smith, Amanda, 1837-1915. Autobiography.

ISBN:

0195052617

9780195052619

0195052676

9780195052671

OCLC:

16830768