In Charity Unfeigned: the Life of Father Francis Xavier Pierz [Signed]

St. Cloud, Minn: Diocese of St. Cloud, 1952. Presumed first ed. Royal octavo in orange-brown cloth; x, 270 pages: illustrations, maps, portrait; 23 cm; bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index. Near fine copy lacking jacket. Hardcover. ISBN:

Signed and inscribed "Happy Christmas" to no one in parrticular by the author, dated 1955. / Contents: Background to a career -- The parish priest in Carniola -- A call from America -- The land of the crooked tree -- In journeying often -- Sault Ste. Marie -- At the place of the big portage -- All things to all men -- Among the Chippewas -- The land of promise -- Sowing in tears and reaping in joy.

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