In Africa's forest and jungle : six years among the Yorubas /

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Author / Creator:	Stone, R. H. (Richard Henry), 1837-
Imprint:	Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 202 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Religion and American Culture Religion and American Culture.
Subject:	Stone, R. H. -- (Richard Henry), -- 1837- Stone, R. H. -- (Richard Henry), -- 1837- Missionaries -- United States -- Biography. Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography. Baptists -- Missions -- Nigeria. Yoruba (African people) -- Nigeria -- Religion. Baptists -- Missions. Missionaries. Yoruba (African people) -- Religion. Nigeria. United States. Electronic books. Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11221214

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Other authors / contributors:	Florey, Betty Finklea.
ISBN:	9780817384463 0817384464 0817355677 9780817355678 9780817355678
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	English. Print version record.
Summary:	In Africa's Forest and Jungle is the memoir of Richard Henry Stone, a Civil War era Southern Baptist missionary, who served in what is now Nigeria during the late 1850s and again during the first years of the American Civil War. Stone published this work in 1899, when it became clear that age would prevent him from returning to Africa. Stone served in Africa with his wife and successfully learned the Yoruba language. He was an intelligent, self-reflective, and reliable observer, making his works important sources of information on Yoruba society before the intervention of.
Other form:	Print version: Stone, R.H. (Richard Henry). In Africa's forest and jungle. Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©2010

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