Two Irish-American classics with extensive historical commentary by Crystal Payton, this is the companion volume to the Paytons' award winning Mystery of the Irish Wilderness. John Joseph Hogan, first bishop of Kansas City, was a pioneer priest and gifted writer. Now this definitive edition brings his two memoirs. edited by Crystal Payton, together with biographical and historical information to provide a compelling image of an important figure in Missouri history and the development of the Catholic church west of the Mississippi. On the Mission recounts the young missionary's eleven years on the frontier of Missouri, through the Civil War. his first person account of train wrecks, federal and confederate attacks on rail lines and cities, travel by handcar, horseback and riverboat, and his arrest for violation of the Loyalty Test Oath following the War. In this volume, he creates a lively and personal picture of rugged frontier life, historical personalities and events. Here one finds the only first-hand account of his Irish Wilderness colony in the pre-Civil War Missouri Ozarks. On the Mission ends in 1868 when he first becomes a bishop, but Payton's research follows him through his administration of two dioceses to his death in 1913. Few recollections of an Irish country childhood are as beautifully told as his memoir, Fifty Years Ago. Written in 1898, Hogan looks back on his early childhood in County Limerick during the 1830s and '40s where momentous historical events contrast with a lively rural upbringing and rigorous education. He gives a detailed account of his emigration from Ireland to America in 1848 and arrival in St. Louis and acceptance into Carondelet seminary. A talented realist writer, Hogan's accounts of life in Ireland and America are keenly observed, poignant and at times delightfully humorous.  Raymond J. Boland, Bishop Emeritus of the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese and a native of Ireland, wrote the introduction.

On the Mission In Missouri & Fifty Years Ago: A Memoir

John Joseph Hogan

Crystal Payton

Lens & Pen Press

Excerpt from On the Mission in Missouri: 1857-1868 Checking the speed of his steed, he saluted me, inquired my name, where I was from, and on what purpose journeying. I gave him my name and told him I was a Catholic priest seeking a location for a church in these parts. He said, there are no Cath olics here, what then is the use for a church? See ing he was prejudiced and displeased with my purpose, I replied, True, sir, there are no Catholics here now, but they will be here before long, and you and I may live to see the day when there will be a Cathe lic church on every hill around here. Yes, said he, when the Chariton goes up stream, good-bye, spurring his horse, he rode quickly ahead. Having crossed the Chariton swamp and gained the high lands on the west side I allowed my horse to graze along the road whilst I recited the divine office. Afterwards I rode on some miles and towards eve ning stopped for the night at a farm house on the stage road leading towards Linneus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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