Father Peter John De Smet
Subtitle: Jesuit in the West (Oklahoma Western Biographies)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: September 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780806127903
Subjects: Biography: general; Christian communities & monasticism; United States - 19th Century/Old West; Missionary Activities Of Specific Denominations; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Historical - U.S.; Religious
First sentence: "HOW can it be that Napoleon found millions of men ready to sacrifice their lives to ravage a nation and aid him to conquer the world, while I cannot find a handful of devoted men to save an entire people and extend the reign of God?"