Cane Ridge, America's Pentecost

by Paul K. Conkin

Book Overview

What happened at or near the Cane Ridge meeting house in central Kentucky in August 1801 has become a legendary event in American religious history. Never before in America had so many thousands of people gathered for what became much more than the planned Presbyterian communion service. Never had so many families camped on the grounds. Never before had so many people been affected with involuntary physical exercises--sobbing, shouting, shaking, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299127249
• ISBN13: 9780299127244
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"