Eloquent Indian: The Life of James Bouchard, California Jesuit
by McGloin, John Bernard
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author on a pasted-onto-the-first-free-endpaper note, "To Fr. President Rev. William J. Devins, S.J., compliments of the author, John B. McGloin, S.J., December 8, 1949, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, University of San Francisco." Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear and tear, considerable chipping, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. A hagiographic account of the first Jesuit priest, Father Bouchard, to the Mother Lode in the American Southwest and specifically California, filling San Francisco's Catholic churches. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xvii [3], 3-380 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
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- 346083
- Title
- Eloquent Indian: The Life of James Bouchard, California Jesuit
- Author
- McGloin, John Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Stanford, California
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- James Bouchard|Californiana|John Bernard McGloin|Native American Studies|missions|missionaries|Jesuit missionaries
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana/Regional Interest;
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