In this biography, Robert Carriker describes De Smet’s love for the great American West and the native tribes who lived there, the Potawatomis, Flatheads, Coeur d’Alenes, Kalispels, Blackfeet, Yankton Sioux, and others to whom the Jesuit father carried Christianity. Soon the man called Black Robe became known throughout the mountains and plains as a man of peace and a friend of all Indians.
In this biography, Robert Carriker describes De Smet’s love for the great American West and the native tribes who lived there, the Potawatomis, Flatheads, Coeur d’Alenes, Kalispels, Blackfeet, Yankton Sioux, and others to whom the Jesuit father carried Christianity. Soon the man called Black Robe became known throughout the mountains and plains as a man of peace and a friend of all Indians.
Father Peter John De Smet: Jesuit in the West
288Father Peter John De Smet: Jesuit in the West
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780806127903 |
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Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press |
Publication date: | 09/15/1998 |
Series: | The Oklahoma Western Biographies , #9 |
Edition description: | Revised ed. |
Pages: | 288 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d) |