Project Gutenberg 2005-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 216 Livingstone, W. P. (William Pringle) 1864 1950 Livingstone, William Pringle Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary Produced by Distributed Proofreaders "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.) Reading ease score: 74.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915 Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography Missionaries -- Scotland -- Biography BV Text Category: Biographies Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Religion/Spirituality 815592 2025-10-04T07:26:25.096609 text/html 815413 2025-01-11T22:42:06.237380 text/html 400168 2025-10-04T07:26:34.868597 application/epub+zip 410884 2025-10-04T07:26:28.287621 application/epub+zip 400997 2025-10-04T07:26:27.085627 application/epub+zip 746126 2025-10-04T07:26:40.831562 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 674649 2025-10-04T07:26:34.060573 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 613515 2022-09-04T12:28:44.356249 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 777354 2025-10-04T07:26:24.635598 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 772415 2021-01-02T14:16:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17722 2025-10-04T07:26:40.957516 application/rdf+xml 16109 2025-10-04T07:26:27.570592 image/jpeg 3607 2025-10-04T07:26:27.327606 image/jpeg 302855 2021-01-02T14:16:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 391751 2025-10-04T07:26:25.160617 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog