A moving biography of an eighteenth-century missionary to the Native North Americans, compiled from his journals and letters.

David Brainerd (1718 1747) was a colonial American missionary to Native Americans made famous when Jonathan Edwards (1703 1758) posthumously edited his journal and other writings into a popular biographical narrative. Having spent time at Yale University, Brainerd entered the ministry in 1742 and dedicated his life to work amongst native peoples in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey before expiring at the age of 29. This 1902 edition of The Diary and Journal of David Brainerd provided readers with a broader picture of his life and the source material from which Edwards composed his...

David Brainerd (1718 1747) was a colonial American missionary to Native Americans made famous when Jonathan Edwards (1703 1758) posthumously edited his journal and other writings into a popular biographical narrative. Having spent time at Yale University, Brainerd entered the ministry in 1742 and dedicated his life to work amongst native peoples in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey before expiring at the age of 29. This 1902 edition of The Diary and Journal of David Brainerd provided readers with a broader picture of his life and the source material from which Edwards composed his...