02279cam a22003133u 45000010005000000030007000050050017000120060002000290070005000310080041000360400011000770410017000880500007001051000054001122450048001662640051002143000047002653360026003123370026003383380036003645000031004005080041004315201285004725340045017576530038018026530041018406530042018818560042019238906UtSlPG20260610133227.0mcr n260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aBV1 aLivingstone, W. P.q(William Pringle),d1864-195010aMary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2005  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2005-09-01  aProduced by Distributed Proofreaders  a"Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary" by W. P. Livingstone is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book chronicles the extraordinary life of Mary Slessor, a pioneering missionary who dedicated her life to improving the conditions of the people in Calabar, a region in present-day Nigeria. It details her challenging journey from her humble Scottish beginnings to becoming a key figure in missionary work in West Africa, focusing on her compassion, courage, and determination in overcoming the adversities she faced.  The opening of the book introduces readers to Mary Slessor's background, starting from her birth in a working-class family in Scotland to her early aspirations of becoming a missionary. It highlights the hardships she endured, including her father's alcoholism and the responsibility she took on to support her family from a young age. Through various anecdotes, Livingstone paints a vivid picture of Mary’s early life, her developing faith, and her strong character that would later guide her mission work in Africa. The preface establishes her humility, moral complexity, and the challenges she faced, setting the stage for the impactful life she would lead upon arriving in Calabar. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aSlessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915  aMissionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography  aMissionaries -- Scotland -- Biography40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8906