Brothers of the Red Velvet Chapeaux
Xulon Press presents first-hand accounts of Christian service.
Historical Documents Display Persian Missionary Experiences From The 1800s
Xulon Press presents first-hand accounts of Christian service.
2024-03-11
Author Kathryn McLane has compiled correspondence between a group of eight 19th century missionaries in Brothers Of The Red Velvet Chapeaux ($22.49, paperback, 9781662893407; $9.99, e-book, 9781662893414).
In this third installment in a series, McLane continues recounting the stories of multi-generational families of missionaries in Persia and Turkey in a period spanning 1840 to 1920. Specifically, this volume shares the letters written between members a brotherhood formed at Union Theological Seminary in the 1840s as they described their journeys and experiences while carrying the Word of God, including persecution, attacks, and friendship.
“As [I] began to research the letters and reports of the missionaries in published and archived journals of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), I became fascinated by their stories describing their encounters with the native people, their patience in overcoming of prejudices and persecution, and their endurance, despite extremes in weather and onslaught of disease,” said McLane.
Kathryn McLane, PhD is the granddaughter, great-granddaughter and great-great granddaughter of three generations of missionaries that served in Persia and Kurdistan. She has spent seven years researching the lives of her relatives and other missionaries in Persia, Turkey, and Asia Minor in order to write an accurate historical account of their lives. When the author is not writing, she enjoys hiking with her husband in the high chapparal of Southern California or sitting quietly with a view of the San Bernardino Mountains and being buzzed by hummingbirds.
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