Parsons. A Life for Africa: Rev. Adolphus Clemens Good, Ph.D., American Missionary in Equatorial Africa

Parsons, Ellen C. A Life for Africa: Rev. Adolphus Clemens Good, Ph.D., American Missionary in Equatorial Africa; Appendices: (A) Scientific Labors of A. C. Good, by W. J. Holland, LL.D., F.Z.S.; (B) Superstitions of Equatorial Africa, by A. C. Good. New York &c. : Fleming H. Revell Company, 1897. [7426] Red cloth with gilt titles, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, private name stamp on ffep, portrait of Good as frontispiece, 316 clean pp., folding map, many b/w illustrations.  Very good. Hardcover. Adolphus Clemens Good (1856-1894), b. West Mahoning, Pennsylvania; d. Efulan, Kamerun. Good was educated at Washington & Jefferson College and at Western Theological Seminary, graduating at the latter in 1882. He "was appointed in 1882 by the Board of Foreign Missions to the West Africa Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Initially assigned to the Baraka Station, he was transferred to the Ogowe River area in 1884 and spent the bulk of his career there. In addition to his work as a