Shea, John Gilmary 1824-1892

Overview

Works:	485 works in 2,222 publications in 4 languages and 24,529 library holdings
Genres:	History Bibliographies Biographies Church history Dictionaries Sources Academic theses Apologetic writings Bio-bibliography
Roles:	Author, Translator, Editor, Composer, Other, Author of introduction, Printer, Arranger, Annotator
Classifications:	F352, 971.01

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about John Gilmary Shea

John Gilmary Shea, father of American Catholic History, 1824-1892 by Peter Guilday( Book )
History and general description of New France by Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix( )
Prosas (en verso) by Jon Juaristi( Book )
On the creation of an Institute for American church history by Peter Guilday( Book )
Regionalism and nationalism in Victorian American writing : Stoddard, Guiney, Tabb, and Shea by Paul Gerard Robichaud( Book )

Interpretations of American Catholic church history : a comparative analysis of representative Catholic historians, 1875-1975 by J. Douglas Thomas( )
Bibliography of John Gilmary Shea by Edward P Spillane( Book )
A new and elegant national gift book! : Ready December 10th, The fallen brave: a biographical memorial of officers killed in defense of the Union! With eight elegant portraits on steel, engraved by J.A. O'Neill, edited by John Gilmary Shea. This work will form a beautiful quarto volume of about 200 pages, printed by Alvord, on tinted paper. The memoirs, nearly thirty in number, are from the pens of George W. Curtis, Bishop Chase, of Rhode Island, Rev. James Freeman Clarke, George Wilkes, and others, and are compiled from the most authentic materials. The portraits taken from likenesses approved by the families, are accurately and artistically engraved. ... The work may be ordered through any of the leading booksellers in Boston, Philadelphia, or New York. Appealing, as it does, to the patriotic feelings of all, and being the most elegant work to be offered this season to the trade, a large sale is anticipated and early orders are necessary. by C.B. Richardson & Co( Book )
Captain John D. Shea, United States Navy( )
Francis Parkman papers by Francis Parkman( )
John Gilmary Shea documents by John Gilmary Shea( )
Shea, John Gilmary, Papers by John Gilmary Shea( )
John Gilmary Shea by John Gilmary Shea( )
Shea, John Dawson Gilmary( )
John Gilmary Shea papers by John Gilmary Shea( )
The Monsignor Arthur Theodore Connolly papers by Arthur T Connolly( )
In press, and to be issued uniform with the early voyages up and down the Mississippi, of the same author, the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi ... by John Gilmary Shea, LL. D. ... by Joel Munsell( Book )
by Eugene Vetromile( )
John Dawson Gilmary Shea letter by John Gilmary Shea( )
French and Miami-Illinois dictionary copy by Jean Baptiste Le Boulanger( )

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Most widely held works by John Gilmary Shea

A description of Louisiana by Louis Hennepin( Book )

38 editions published between 1880 and 1975 in English and held by 1,338 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A Description of Louisiana, written by the Recollect friar, Father Louis Hennepin, is one of the principal sources of information about the explorations of the Sieur de La Salle in the area of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River Valley, 1678-1680. Despite allowances which must be made for the vanity of the author and for his distortions of the truth, his account nevertheless possesses great value. Publication of the Description of Louisiana in France in 1683 made the author a celebrity and also helped popularize the exploits of La Salle"--Foreword

History of the Catholic missions among the Indian tribes of the United States, 1529-1854 by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

83 editions published between 1854 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 1,261 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Compiled local and family histories from Mid-Continent Library

Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley: with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membré, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

70 editions published between 1852 and 2018 in English and held by 1,125 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

History and general description of New France by Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix( )

87 editions published between 1866 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 771 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Early voyages up and down the Mississippi by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

41 editions published between 1861 and 2018 in English and French and held by 727 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

History and general description of New France by Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix( Book )

74 editions published between 1900 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 680 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of the Catholic church within the limits of the United States : from the first attempted colonization to the present time by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

23 editions published between 1886 and 1978 in English and held by 647 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First establishment of the faith in New France by Chrestien Le Clercq( Book )

49 editions published between 1881 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 546 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Life and times of the Most Rev. John Carroll, bishop and first archbishop of Baltimore. Embracing the history of the Catholic church in the United States. 1763-1815 by John Gilmary Shea( )

30 editions published between 1888 and 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The life of Father Isaac Jogues : missionary priest of the Society of Jesus, slain by the Mohawk Iroquois, in the present state of New York, Oct. 18, 1646 by Félix Martin( Book )

21 editions published between 1885 and 2018 in English and held by 459 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Perils of the ocean and wilderness: or, Narratives of shipwreck and Indian captivity. Gleaned from early missionary annals by John Gilmary Shea( )

36 editions published between 1856 and 2018 in English and held by 450 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The operations of the French fleet under the Count de Grasse in 1781-2 : as described in two contemporaneous journals by Goussencourt( Book )

24 editions published between 1864 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 393 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A French-Onondaga dictionary, from a manuscript of the seventeenth century by John Gilmary Shea( )

32 editions published between 1860 and 1999 in English and French and held by 362 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

[Langues et linguistique ; anthropologie]

The Catholic church in the United States: a sketch of its ecclesiastical history by Henri de Courcy( )

20 editions published between 1856 and 2018 in English and held by 351 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the United States : embracing sketches of all the archbishops and bishops from the establishment of the See of Baltimore to the present time. Also, an account of the plenary councils of Baltimore, and a brief history of the church in the United States by John Gilmary Shea( )

16 editions published between 1886 and 2020 in English and held by 351 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Catholic missions among the Indian tribes of the United States by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

10 editions published between 1857 and 1973 in English and Undetermined and held by 337 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Partial summary (p. 466-479). Short secondary sketch of the early years of the flathead mission

The history of the five Indian nations depending on the province of New-York. by Cadwallader Colden( )

22 editions published between 1866 and 2018 in English and held by 315 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

History and general description of New France by Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix( Book )

8 editions published between 1870 and 1973 in English and held by 310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Lincoln memorial : a record of the life, assassination, and obsequies of the martyred president by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

16 editions published between 1865 and 2018 in English and held by 305 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This biography of Abraham Lincoln focuses on his legacy and popularity with the American people

The bursting of Pierre Margry's La Salle bubble by John Gilmary Shea( )

22 editions published between 1879 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 293 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

To refute Margry's claim that La Salle was the first French discoverer of the Mississippi, by critical examination of certain documents printed in "Découvertes et établissements des Français."

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