Title: Hoof Beats To Heaven
A True Chronicle of the Life and Wild Times of Peter Cartwright, Circuit Rider

Author: Sydney Greenbie and Marjorie Barstow Greenbie

Categories: Books Non-fiction Biography / Autobiography Frontier Pioneer Life Circuit Rider

Publication Information: Traversity Press, Penobscot, Maine (Copyright 1955 by Sydney Greenbie and Marjorie Barstow Greenbie, First Edition (so stated)).

Additional Information: Six Hundred Special Copies Of This Book Have Been Autographed And Numbered. Your Copy Is Number 35 Sydney Greenbie Marjorie Barstow Greenbie. Xvii & 623 pages. Map lining papers both front and back (same). Six illustrations (which do not match the page numbers that are listed but all six are bound in the book).

Summary: Peter Cartwright was born in VA in 1785. He was a circuit rider in Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee for almost 50 years. He was a well known Methodist preacher. His interest in education led him to found Illinois Wesleyan University as well as Illinois Conference Female Academy. Contents include: Book I Under The Articles Of Confederation 1783-1790 (taking place in West Virginia). Book II George Washington, President 1790-1796. Book III John Adams, President 1796-1800 and Book IV Thomas Jefferson, President 1800-1802 (These three books taking place in Kentucky).

Condition: Hardcover, Ex-Lib. – usual stamps and marks, pocket on inside of front fly page. Covers show some wear. Spine seam is starting to pull in a couple place so volume is loose but still intact. Text is clean. Overall a good plus copy.

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