Recollections of a missionary in the great west: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Recollections of a missionary in the great west, credited to Cyrus Townsend Brady, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Recollections of a missionary in the great west by Cyrus Townsend Brady. Read in English by David Wales Brady was a journalist, historian, adventure writer, and Episcopal priest. As a priest he spent some time on the American frontier as a missionary. “…the experiences are personal and actually occurred as they are set down, to the best of my recollection…. Only one story was ‘made up’ for the occasion, and that combines several actual incidents. I hope that this book may serve to interest those who read it in the life of the average missionary on the Western frontier – a life of mingled work and pleasure, joy and pathos, hardship and fun.” The book revels in the joys of everyday life, an example of the Episcopal spirituality of seeing the world as a gift from God, to be encountered and gloried in with excitement and appreciation. One recent reader was so enthralled with the book that she read it all in one sitting, not particularly for the religion but for the picture of the people and life of the frontier. Notes: The Daughters Of The King (chapter 3) is an order of laywomen in the Episcopal Church who, remaining in their ordinary lives, commit to a discipline of prayer and service. ( Book preface and david wales)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Recollections of a missionary in the great west
• Author credits: Cyrus Townsend Brady
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Combined MP3 track duration: 3:43:18

Catalogue topics

• Christianity
• biography
• memoir
• frontier
• West
• episcopalian

Track guide

1. 00 - Prefatory Note — 1:30
2. 01 - Chapter 1 — 19:18
3. 02 - Chapter 2 — 20:17
4. 03 - Chapter 3 — 19:20
5. 04 - Chapter 4 — 22:38
6. 05 - Chapter 5 — 19:16
7. 06 - Chapter 6 — 20:58
8. 07 - Chapter 7 — 21:20
9. 08 - Chapter 8 — 15:10
10. 09 - Chapter 9 — 20:58
11. 10 - Chapter 10 — 25:13
12. 11 - Chapter 11 — 17:19

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