Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Purdum, Herbert R.

My brother John Herbert Purdum - New York Doubleday & Co 1965

What makes a man become a preacher? Is it because he's honest and decent? The Reverend John Niles quickly learned that bringing religion to the frontier regions of the West often called for putting the Good Book aside in favor of the laying-on of hands, Texas style. Accompanied by his brother Frank, John rode the circuit in the wildest, toughest part of the country. Frank had promised his dying mother that he would look after his soft-spoken brother, but that was no easy task -- especially when John went up against some of the most ruthless killers in the West.


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