Dave Ranney, by Dave Ranney, et al

About this eBook

Author

Ranney, Dave, 1863-

Title

Dave Ranney Or, Thirty Years on the Bowery; An Autobiography

Credits

E-text prepared by Steven desJardins and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

BV: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Practical theology, Worship

Subject

American Tract Society

Category

Text

eBook-No.

13889

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13889

Release Date

October 29, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.DAVE RANNEY — OR
2. 2.THIRTY YEARS ON THE BOWERY — An Autobiography — Introduction by Rev. A. F. Schauffler, D. D. — 1910 — This story of my life is dedicated to — DR. A. F. SCHAUFFLER — Who stuck by me through thick and thin
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.CHAPTER I — BOYHOOD DAYS — THE FIRST TASTE FOR DRINK — A TRUANT — A BASEBALL GAME
6. 6.CHAPTER II — FIRST STEPS IN CRIME — THE FIRST THEFTS — LOSING A POSITION — AT WORK AGAIN — TOUCH NOT, TASTE NOT — DEEPER IN THE MIRE
7. 7.CHAPTER III — INTO THE DEPTHS — MARRIAGE — WANDERINGS
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — "SAVED BY GRACE" — THE TURNING-POINT — BROOME STREET TABERNACLE — A NEW MAN IN CHRIST JESUS
9. 9.CHAPTER V — ON THE UP GRADE — FISHING FOR A DINNER — PRAYERS IN A LODGING-HOUSE — THE STORY OF AN OVERCOAT — DELIVERING TELEPHONE BOOKS — TESTIFYING IN A LUMBER YARD
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — PROMOTED — CHURCH OF SEA AND LAND — MY FIRST SERMON — THE TESTIMONY OF A GAMBLER — TRIED IN THE FIRE — A TESTING TIME
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — THE MISSION IN CHINATOWN — LEADING A MEETING — SOMETHING NEW — A POOR OUTCAST — RESCUED FROM A DIVE — "TELL HER THE LATCH-STRING IS OUT"
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — BOWERY WORK — LODGING-HOUSE MISSIONARY — FROM NOTHING TO $5000 A YEAR — A MISSIONARY IN COURT — A COUNT DISGUISED AS A TRAMP — A MUSICIAN WON TO CHRIST — SAVED THROUGH AN OUTDOOR MEETING — JIM THE BRICKLAYER
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — PRODIGAL SONS — A CESSPOOL — A REMARKABLE DRUNKARD — FORGIVING FOR CHRIST'S SAKE — SAVED ON THE THRESHOLD OF VICE — THE PRODIGAL SON ON THE BOWERY — LAST WORDS

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