LEADER 03174nam 22006494a 450 001 9910973236603321 005 20251117082220.0 010 $a0-8173-8446-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000005614 035 $a(EBL)475222 035 $a(OCoLC)609852650 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000361534 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11262487 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000361534 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10353216 035 $a(PQKB)10106664 035 $a(OCoLC)647930642 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9089 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL475222 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10387666 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC475222 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000005614 100 $a20090504d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn Africa's forest and jungle $esix years among the Yorubas /$fby R.H. Stone ; edited by Betty Finklea Florey 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aTuscaloosa, Alabama :$cUniversity of Alabama Press,$dc2010. 215 $a1 online resource (229 pages) 225 0 $aReligion and American culture. 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a0-8173-5567-7 327 $aIntroduction -- Along the coast -- Up the Ogun -- In native homes -- The story of Crowther -- In a native caravan -- An African despot -- Our first dwelling -- Some beasts and insects -- Life and language -- Superstitions -- Polygamy -- Some African maladies -- Hunting -- Mental solitude -- Waylaid and captured -- Flight from Ebaddan -- Home again -- Opening battles around Ejahyay -- Worshipping the dead prince -- Leaving the doomed city -- Partial civilization -- Love letters -- A narrow escape -- The human sacrifice -- The stolen child -- Improvements -- Cast among robbers -- The colony of Lagos. 330 $aIn Africa's Forest and Jungle is the memoir of Richard Henry Stone, a Civil War era Southern Baptist missionary, who served in what is now Nigeria during the late 1850's and again during the first years of the American Civil War. Stone published this work in 1899, when it became clear that age would prevent him from returning to Africa. Stone served in Africa with his wife and successfully learned the Yoruba language. He was an intelligent, self-reflective, and reliable observer, making his works important sources of information on Yoruba society before the intervention of 410 0$aReligion & American Culture 606 $aMissionaries$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aMissionaries$zNigeria$vBiography 606 $aBaptists$xMissions$zNigeria 606 $aYoruba (African people)$zNigeria$xReligion 615 0$aMissionaries 615 0$aMissionaries 615 0$aBaptists$xMissions 615 0$aYoruba (African people)$xReligion. 676 $a266/.6132092 676 $aB 700 $aStone$b R. H$g(Richard Henry),$f1837-$01872443 701 $aFlorey$b Betty Finklea$01872444 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973236603321 996 $aIn Africa's forest and jungle$94481600 997 $aUNINA