Sheds new light on one of the nineteenth century South s most accomplished yet understudied writers. Brown and River s study of Mary Edwards Bryan presents some of her best writings within the context of her time. James M. Denham, coeditor of Echoes from a Distant Frontier: The Brown Sisters Correspondence from Antebellum Florida A lost writer of the nineteenth century returns to the page with vigor. Her extreme personal trials were hidden by the moonlight and magnolias persona she assumed as her public image. This book allows the real Mary Edwards Bryan to emerge from behind her...
Sheds new light on one of the nineteenth century South s most accomplished yet understudied writers. Brown and River s study of Mary Edwards Bryan pre...
"Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord is church history without the halo. Yet, it is respectful of the nuances peculiar to the AMEC fellowship. It is church history in painstaking detail, but not in isolation to the social, economic, and political dynamics of the period. This is good writing, good research, and good scholarship."--Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr., 19th Episcopal District, AME Church, Johannesburg, South Africa "This study of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Florida makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of African American, Florida, and...
"Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord is church history without the halo. Yet, it is respectful of the nuances peculiar to the AMEC fellowsh...
