Feet of clay: the true story of a PW's search for God: typescript, n.d.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Feet of clay: the true story of a PW's search for God: typescript, n.d.
- Creator
- Florence, Frank T.
- Extent
- 112 l.
- Subjects
- Florence, Frank T.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
- Soldiers--Religious life.
- World War, 1939-1945--Baptists.
- Baptists.
- Clergy.
- Soldiers.
- Photoprints.
- Arrangement
- Paginated.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Clergyman, soldier. Florence, a native of Cynthiana, Ky, served as a machine gunner during World War II. He was captured in 1944 and spent seven months in a prisoner of war camp near Kuestin, Germany. After he was freed by the Russians' advance, Florence walked with fellow prisoners to Odessa, U.S.S.R, from which a ship took the Americans home. Florence's experiences as a soldier and prisoner of war led him to become a Baptist minister. He attended Georgetown College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 1958, when his book was published, Florence was the pastor of Ormsby Avenue Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky.
- Scope and Content
- This is the original manuscript for Frank T. Florence, Jr.'s autobiographical work. The book describes Florence's wartime experiences in detail, and explores his evolving religious feelings. The manuscript is a typed draft, with editing changes and printing instructions written in. There is also some correspondence relating to the donation of the manuscript to the University of Kentucky, and a photograph of Florence.
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