Title | The Prince Who Gave His Gold Away: A Story of the Russian Prince, Demetrius Gallitzin |
Year of Publication | 1938 |
Publication Type | Novel |
Number of Pages or Episodes | 218 p. |
Language | English |
Authors | Glass, Sister Fides |
Publisher | B. Herder Book Company |
City | St. Louis |
Keywords | Allegheny Portage Railroad; Charles M. Schwab (1862-1939); Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (1770-1840); immigrants; Irish Americans; McGuire's Settlement; Michael McGuire (1717-93); Pennsylvania Canal; priests; Roman Catholics; Russian Americans |
Abstract | A biographical novel about Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin, a missionary priest and Russian aristocrat who converted to Roman Catholicism and formed the first Catholic colony in Western Pennsylvania. Gallitzin is popularly known as the Apostle of the Alleghenies. |
Author Biography | Mary Fides Glass (1889-1955) was born in Reade Twp., Cambria County. An accomplished painter, Glass served most of her life as a Sister of Charity of Seton Hill in Greensburg, Westmoreland County. |
Time | 1770s-1840s |