The Miracle of Brasstown Valley

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Stroud & Hall Publishers, 2007 - Education - 180 pages
A true story of the miraculous creation of a college in a remote mountain valley at the turn of the 19th century and the captivating characters who, with the grace of God, made it happen: The Methodist circuit rider, still in his 20s, who came into the valley on a mule, bringing only a dream and the fierce faith of an Old Testament prophet. The wise, resourceful, soft-spoken widow who breathed life into the infant school not once but twice. The wealthy Methodist laymen whose generosity for Christian education was so great that his kin sued him because they felt left out. The college president, a Shakespearean scholar, who was more at home on the farm with his britches rolled up and shirt tail flapping.

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Contents

Foreword
3
The Call
7
The Journey
15
History Round a Stove
23
Miss Biddie Remembers
31
Gods Amazing Handiwork
43
Through Track Rock Gap
51
The New Georgia
61
The Teacher
95
Planting the Seed
105
The Seed Sprouts
119
The Man Young Harris
131
One Sharp Man
145
The Sermon
159
Afterword
171
Acknowledgments
179

A Picture Unsurpassed
73
The Funeral
85

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