Autobiography of Peter Cartwright (Reprint) [Paperback]

Peter Cartwright (Author)

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Publication Date: March 1986

Autobiography of Peter Cartwright

Product Details

• Paperback: 349 pages
• Publisher: Abingdon Press (March 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 068702319X
• ISBN-13: 978-0687023196
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,639 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Miss This!, November 13, 2000

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David W. Phaneuf (Johnstown, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Autobiography of Peter Cartwright (Reprint) (Paperback)

Aside from the fact that this is a great buy (only $10), this book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in early Methodist or frontier religion and/or life on the frontier. Spanning more than 50 years of ministry in the first half of the 19th century, Peter Cartwright's autobiography provides a colorful, though sometimes biased, look at early Methodism. Descriptions of campmeetings, conversions, encounters with "rowdies", and worship practices abound. Cartwright's ministry covered Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and Illinois. Local preacher, circuit rider, and district superintendent, Cartwright was a leading figure in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In Illinois he was also a politician, and the only man to have defeated Abraham Lincoln in an election. Cartwright provides insight (and opinions) into other denominations as well as social issues of the day, such as slavery and dissolution of the Union.

Edited by the late Charles L. Wallis, a notable Methodist clergyman and prolific author/editor, there is also a brief biographical/historical sketch and information from Cartwright's later ministry.

I highly recommend this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh Man......, April 20, 2010

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This review is from: Autobiography of Peter Cartwright (Reprint) (Paperback)

This book is absolutely unbelievable. I had heard stories of Peter Cartwright, but reading his own words on these tales was quite an experience. It really makes you realize how far downhill we've come. Over and over again as he relates different incidents that happened in his ministry, and how he dealt with them, I kept thinking "Nobody would put up with this now". I say that to our detriment. We are soft, and carnal, and this book will encourage you to grow a backbone and live for Jesus Christ.

5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting look back..., October 6, 2010

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Zorba (Monterey, Ca.) - See all my reviews

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This is certainly, as other reviewers have noted, an interesting and insightful look into early Ky history and Methodist history. However, I really cannot understand how anyone would take half of this book seriously from the tolerance standpoint. Peter Cartwright is an excellent example of why people are leaving Christianity in droves - his "one way-ism" and dislike of every Christian sect except his own. I think this is one of the best ways NOT to promote Christianity - or any other religion for that matter. Intolerance like this was to be expected in the 19th century, it has no place in the 21st.