"Colporter" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... days to his employment as a scout and guide, and subsequently to the engaging in the same capacity of two of his brothers, who were good men; but not quite as active nor so intelligent as he was. Card had been a colporter, having pedled books, especially religious tracts, over all Middle and East Tennessee and Georgia, assisted by his brothers at times, and was therefore thoroughly familiar with these regions, their roads and inhabitants. He also preached ...
— The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Vol. I., Part 2 • P. H. Sheridan |
