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Browsing and Black Robes

by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 5, 2013 | Black robes, catholic indian missions, Father Desmet, Josephy Library, nicolas point, oregon historical quarterly

Father Pierre-Jean De Smet One of the great pleasures of being in a library (or a bookstore, where I spent a dozen wonderful years) is browsing. Your eyes scan shelves not with anything particular in mind, but with a lifetime of general interests and a number of...
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