Reverend Joseph Tarkington, Methodist circuit rider
Subtitle: from frontier evangelism to refined religion
By: David L. Kimbrough ; with a foreword by Wilma Dykeman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Tarkington, Joseph, 1800-1891.; Tarkington family.; Methodist Church -- Indiana -- Clergy -- Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-207) and index.
Table of contents: title: Joseph Tarkington's birth and early life; title: Religion in early Indiana; title: The Tarkington family moves to Indiana; title: Hearing the calling; title: A young preacher weds; title: Joseph and Maria begin their long life together; title: From preacher to presiding elder; title: From circuit rider to established minister: Tarkington's residence in Greensburg; title: A preacher faces slavery and the Civil War; title: Final years; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix: Chronology of Joseph Tarkington's life.