Brothers in Spirit: The Correspondence of Albert Schweitzer and William Larimer Mellon, Jr.

by Jeannette Q. Byers

Book Overview

Scion of the Pittsburgh oil and banking family, William Larimer Mellon, Jr., was married, the father of three, and a successful rancher in Arizona when, at thirty-seven, he read a Life magazine article about Albert Schweitzer's "reverence for life" that guided his mission hospital in a remote area of Gabon, Africa. Mellon immediately wrote to the famous humanitarian in Lambarene, expressing admiration of Schweitzer's life of service and the wish to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815603444
• ISBN13: 9780815603443
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"