Shreveport Martyrs of 1873: The Surest Path to Heaven and Shreveport Martyrs of 1873: The Surest Path to Heaven

Shreveport Martyrs of 1873: The Surest Path to Heaven

Name: Shreveport Martyrs of 1873: The Surest Path to Heaven
Price: 19.22 GBP
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Author: Very Reverend Peter B. Mangum Jcl
ISBN: 9781467150903

by Very Reverend Peter B. Mangum Jcl, W. Ryan Smith Ma

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Publisher: History Press
15.2 x 22.7 x 1.2 cm

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In the autumn of 1873, one of the worst yellow fever epidemics in U.S. history swept through Shreveport. As the deadly scourge claimed a quarter of the town's population, the dedicated efforts of five missionary priests offered a call to hope, even as they laid down their own lives in the struggle. True martyrdom is vanishingly rare, extolled as the highest possible sacrifice, yet Shreveport bore abundant witness through these five saintly priests. Their heroism in the midst of this tragic chapter is captured here by a trio of authors, winding a narrative that transcends history to reveal complex themes of virtue, sacrifice and response in times of human crisis and suffering.