The James Evans Story

Shipley, Nan

Toronto, 1966

By Ryerson Press
$15.00 USD
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Details

Hard cover with dust jacket, 219 pages, 6x9.5 in, [15.5x21 cm].
Condition

Previous owners name on front pastedown, fore-edge corner of ffep clipped, top edge dust-stained, fore-edge and printed pages age-tanned. Dust jacket with closed tears and creases.

Notes

James Evans (1801–1846) was a Canadian Methodist missionary and linguist, best known for developing Cree syllabics, which facilitated the spread of literacy among Indigenous communities in Canada. Shipley's sympathetic portrait of controversial Methodist missionary.
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