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Gospel Tracks Through Texas
Wilma Rugh Taylor
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Description for Gospel Tracks Through Texas
A novel window into Texas and railroad history, this book tells two stories set on a larger stage of charitable works, evangelical fervor, and social change. The author's portrayal of the ministry for the one car, Good Will, which served Texas, provides a view of life in towns. Series: Sam Rayburn Series on Rural Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 26 b&w photos, 3 line art, map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJC; HBTB; HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
In 1895 a different kind of railroad car rolled into Texas, bringing the ""good news"" of the evangelical Gospel to transient railroad workers and far-flung communities alike. A ministry to railroad men and their families lay at the heart of chapel car work, which over a period of fifty years saw thirteen rail chapel cars minister to thousands of towns, mainly west of the Mississippi. Author, Wilma Rugh Taylor's portrayal of this ministry for the one car, Good Will, which served Texas, provides a view of life in towns such as Denison, Texline, Marshall, San Antonio, Laredo, Abilene, and Dalhart. ... Read more
In 1895 a different kind of railroad car rolled into Texas, bringing the ""good news"" of the evangelical Gospel to transient railroad workers and far-flung communities alike. A ministry to railroad men and their families lay at the heart of chapel car work, which over a period of fifty years saw thirteen rail chapel cars minister to thousands of towns, mainly west of the Mississippi. Author, Wilma Rugh Taylor's portrayal of this ministry for the one car, Good Will, which served Texas, provides a view of life in towns such as Denison, Texline, Marshall, San Antonio, Laredo, Abilene, and Dalhart. ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Sam Rayburn Series on Rural Life
Number of Pages
224
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781585444342
SKU
V9781585444342
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About Wilma Rugh Taylor
WILMA RUGH TAYLOR, an author, historian, and former journalism teacher, is an active member of the American Baptist Historical Society and National Railroad Historical Association. With her husband, she is the co-author of a previous book on chapel cars, This Train Is Bound for Glory: The Story of America's Chapel Cars. Their research encouraged the restoration of chapel car Grace, ... Read more
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