[O'Hanlon, John Canon]. Life and Scenery in Missouri: Reminiscences of a Missionary Priest. Dublin: James Duffy & Co., Ltd., 1890. First Edition. [10481]
Teal pebble cloth with Irish harp in gilt on front, gilt titles to spine, 6 x 4 inches, old dampstain to bottom board that affects a few last leaves. xii., 292 pp., plus 4 p. catalogue. Text is clean apart from the catalogue leaves, book is a bit shaken, nothing is detached. Good. Hardcover.
Howes O46. Flake 5978. "The Mormons in Missouri, chapter XIX, p. 115-23. Driven out as 'hypocritical and visionary' imposters."
O'Hanlon was in Missouri from 1843 to 1853. The book describes in great detail the people, customs, Catholic missionaries, scenery, &c. of the time, with particular account of the Irish.
Always the historian, O'Hanlon relates early Irish explorations to the New World, and the French Catholics during the colonial and revolutionary war days of Missouri. He relates the fur trade, famous duels, progress of the Catholic church, of St. Louis, the Mississippi flood of 1844, frontier scenes, the Soc and Iowa Indians, the Mormons in Missouri, the Jesuit missionary Father De Smet, riots, shootings, etc., etc. He tells of hunting excursions in the woodlands and the prairies, a prairie fire, remote settlements and their people and customs, and much more. A vivid and lively account indeed.
John Canon O'Hanlon, (1820-1905), Irish priest, b. Stradbally, Co. Laois; d. Dublin, Ireland. He emigrated wit hhis family to Quebec, 1842 and was ordained missionary priest at St. Louis, Missouri, 1847; returned to Ireland due to health reasons, 1853, where he served as a parish priest. Appointed Canon, 1886. O'Hanlon took a keen interest in the Irish immigrants to the United States, ministering to them in Missouri, and writing The Irish Emigrants Guide to the United States (1851). A prolific author, he wrote several biographies as well as the 10 volume Lives of the Irish Saints, and on the history and folklore of Ireland.
