Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1969 Doubleday and Co., Garden City, NY. 1969. Hardcover. First Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine; rubbing to edges of boards from shelving and slight cock. DJ: VG; chipping and missing piece at top of spine. Book is tight, mostly square, and unmarked. Black cloth boards with red overlay on spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 214 pp. Reverend Harrington, an ordained Baptist minister, opened his mission in 1961 on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, a stripper's emporium, where is parishioners are dope addicts, prostitutes, alcoholics, homosexuals, strippers, and gangsters. A much sought-after evangelist with a deep religious conviction. A very presentable copy in Brodart Mylar.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001535
Title: The Chaplain of Bourbon Street
Author: Bob Harrington with Walter Wagoner
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Doubleday
Place of Publication: Garden City, New York
Date Published: 1969
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: BOURBON STREET, NEW ORLEANS, PROSTITUTION, STRIPPERS, STRIP JOINTS, EVANGELIST, BAPTIST MINISTER, FRENCH QUARTER, EVANGELISM,
Bookseller catalogs: Autobiography;

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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