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Principal Characters xiii
A Beginning 1
Anna 12
Spafford 23
Thrilling Ideas 33
The Calamity of the Age 42
Collision at Sea 53
"You Must Give Yourself to My Work" 61
Return to Chicago 67
The Overcomers 80
"Amelikans" in Yerushalayim 91
The Gadites 108
Bad News and Good Works 116
Friends and a Foe 125
Overcoming Temptation and the Dangers of Attachment 134
Struggling On 141
The Whiting Affair 151
The Trial 157
The Chicago Swedes 166
The Swedes from Nas 173
A Cemetery War Begins 183
The Sultan, the Emperor, the Zionist-and Buried Bodies 197
The Novelist 210
The New Dispensation 214
Triumph 221
War 233
Suffering 245
Surrender 260
The Lion and the Lamb 274
Death 287
Epitaph 297
Afterword 310
Acknowledgments 314
Notes 317
Bibliography 349
Index 365
Photo Credits 379
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reviewed American Priestess: The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem on July 05, 2008
American Priestess: The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem
Fascinating story of The Overcomers, a religious cult from Chicago, who moved to Jerusalem to await the Second Coming of Christ in the late 1800's. Their interest was not prosleytizing -- in fact, they counted both Arabs and Jews among their staunchest supporters -- but only (originally) to place themselves at the foot of Christ and His return. Their impact on the city remains today, in the form of the American Colony Hotel which continues to provide four-star lodging to important visitors to the Holy City. The author did a fine job of admiring their many positive contributions while never white-washing the increasingly problematic behavior of Anna Spafford, who assumed leadership of the group on the death of her husband.
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