Priest on Horseback-Father Farmer: 1720-1786

By Betz, Eva K.

Book Id: WPLBN0002954954
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File Size: 96.28 MB
Reproduction Date: 2010

Title:	Priest on Horseback-Father Farmer: 1720-1786
Author:	Betz, Eva K.
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, Adventure, History
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Priest on Horseback-Father Farmer: 1720-1786
Historic Publication Date:	1958
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago K. Bet, B. E. (1958). Priest on Horseback-Father Farmer: 1720-1786. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Description
A historical novel for children, which tells the story of several months in the life of the then famous Father Farmer, as he traveled a Mass circuit in Pre-Revolutionary, Colonial America. He faced much danger and and adventure, in order to provide the Mass and the Sacraments to Catholics who had not seen a priest in years. Father Farmer was a real life missionary priest during the 1700’s in what is now New England. In 1779 he was appointed as one of the first trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. He also had a reputation as a philosopher and astronomer in his time, and was a member of the American Philosophical Society. (Introduction by Maria Therese)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Adventure, History, Biography, Religion, Teen/Young adult