Life and Scenery in Missouri: Reminiscences of a Missionary Priest
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Life and Scenery in Missouri: Reminiscences of a Missionary Priest

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[O'Hanlon, John Canon]. Life and Scenery in Missouri: Reminiscences of a Missionary Priest. Dublin: James Duffy & Co., Ltd., 1890. First Edition. [10481] Teal pebble cloth with Irish harp in gilt on front, gilt titles to spine, 6 x 4 inches, old dampstain to bottom board that affects a few last leaves. xii., 292 pp., plus 4 p. catalogue. Text is clean apart from the catalogue leaves, book is a bit shaken, nothing is detached. Good. Hardcover. Howes O46. Flake 5978. "The Mormons in Missouri, chapter XIX, p. 115-23. Driven out as 'hypocritical and visionary' imposters." O'Hanlon was in Missouri from 1843 to 1853. The book describes in great detail the people, customs, Catholic missionaries, scenery, &c. of the time, with particular account of the Irish. Always the historian, O'Hanlon relates early Irish explorations to the New World, and the French Catholics during the colonial and revolutionary war days of Missouri. He relates the fur trade, famous duels, progress of the Catholi

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