An American Abbot: Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B., 1809-1887 by Oetgen, Jerome - 1997

Washington, D. C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Revised and Enlarged Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, gray cloth in publisher's dust-jacket. 466 pages. Bibliographical References, Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with several black and white photographs. Revised and expanded edition of "An American Abbot, first published in 1977. The biography of Boniface Wimmer, the father of the Benedictine presence in the United States and chief architect of Catholic ministry in America's growing rural frontier during the latter half of the 19th century. No previous ownership marks. Incidental light bump to rear board and dust-jacket at lower edge of rear cover, else a like new copy, clean, square and unmarked. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. .