Presbyterian Home Missions

Download or read book The Galax Gatherers written by Edward Owings Guerrant and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mark Huddle's introduction to this edition places both Guerrant and his writing within a broader context of dramatic changes in American Protestantism at the end of the nineteenth century. He argues that the complex interactions between the inhabitants of the region and various home missions defy simplistic generalizations about religion and the perception of cultural isolation in Appalachia. The republication of this work promises to reignite debates over Appalachia's unique place in the history of the nation as a whole."--BOOK JACKET.