4730269
9780801492327
During the first half of the nineteenth century the wooded hills and the valleys of western New York State were swept by fires of the spirit. The fervent religiosity of the region caused historians to call it the "burned-over district."Whitney R. Cross is the author of 'The Burned-over District: The Social and Intellectual History of Enthusiastic Religion in Western New York, 1800-1850', published 1981 under ISBN 9780801492327 and ISBN 0801492327.
[read more]