The story of the life of Mackay of Uganda, pioneer missionary
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- Author
- Harrison, Alexina (Mackay)
- Publication Date
- 1902
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5700.8 A4 H37 1902
- Author
- Harrison, Alexina (Mackay)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Publication Date
- 1902
- Physical Description
- vii, 323 p. : front. (port.), ill. ; 20.5 x 13.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "By His Sister".
- "Illustrated".
- "Eleventh edition completing 45th thousand".
- "This book is written especially for boys, in the hope that Mackay's example may lead many of them to think of Africa, and devote their lives to its moral and spiritual regeneration". -- Preface.
- "This story relates the adventures and perils, the toils and difficulties of a pioneer missionary, and describes many of the cruelties, oppressions and wrongs which prevailed in Uganda in his day". -- Preface to the Sixth Edition.
- Contents: Preface to the Sixth Edition dated April 1898 / J.W.H. -- Preface dated September 1891 / J.W.H. -- A Discovery -- Early Days -- Transmitted Impulses -- Rapid Changes -- Life in Berlin -- Uganda -- On the March -- The Coast Again -- A Rapid Journey -- The Silvery Sea -- At the Court of Mtesa -- Hostile Arabs -- The Plague -- Going to Market -- Mackay as Undertaker -- "The Eleanor" -- The King is Dead -- The Reign of Terror -- Deeds of Blood -- The Night is Gone -- The Iron Horse.
- Colophon: Printed by Hazell, Watson and Viney, Ltd., London and Aylesbury.
- OTCH copy has prize bookplate on inside front cover.
- OTCH Note: A biography of Alexander Mackay, an early Church Missionary Society, missionary in Uganda.
- Subjects
- Mackay, Alexander Murdoch, 1859-1890
- Uganda - Church history
- Church of the Province of Uganda - History
- Missions - Uganda
- Call Number
- BX 5700.8 A4 H37 1902
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)