Off Hand Sketches of Men and Things in Western Africa

Dayton, Ohio: Trustees of the United Brethren Printing Establishment, 1857.

First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5" - 6" tall. iv, 5-143 pp, with index, frontis portrait of the author. Original brown cloth boards. Chipping to spine ends, foxing to front and end matter, penciled notes on one page. Flickinger was one of the first three missionaries sent to Africa on behalf of the Church of the Brethren, arriving in Freetown, Liberia in 1855. Rather than a traditional narrative of missionary labors, his account is intended to acquaint readers with the condition and character of the people--with short sections on laws and government, labor and farming, cooking and eating, etiquette, religious ceremonies, amusements, etc.--and concluding with an assessment of "what the gospel will do" should it be fully introduced.

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