Sisters of Providence: The Search for God in the Frontier South (1843-1858) - Softcover

Speer, Allen Paul; Speer, Janet Barton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570721580 ISBN 13: 9781570721588

Publisher: Overmountain Press, 2000

Synopsis

The lives and writings of these two sisters, Jennie and Ann Speer, provide us a window on a world that for a long time was rarely seen and only recently has been exposed. The life of neither sister is an altogether happy one. The writings of both—Jennie in particular—are full of a kind of yearning, of sadness, of possibilities not realized. One feels both a vast sympathy and strong admiration for these sisters who dwelled in obscurity and wanted to be heard. Now, with the publication of their writings, unread for nearly a century and a half past, they are no longer silenced.

About this title

About the Author:

Allen Paul Speer is a professor of education and associate professor of social studies at Lees-McRae College. He lives in Banner Elk, North Carolina.

Review:

"...One feels...a vast sympathy and strong admiration for these sisters who dwelled in obscurity and wanted to be heard..." -- Dr. Fred Hobson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

"...Through [the Speers'] skill, the separate writings of Jennie and Ann are brought together to make an understandable whole..." -- Jim Thompson, Editor, The Mountain Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Overmountain Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1570721580
• ISBN 13: 9781570721588
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 290