Pulling the Eyetooth from a Live Tiger: The Memoir of the Life and Labors of Adoniram Judson

by Francis Wayland Jr.

Adoniram Judson was the most outstanding early pioneer missionary from America endued with phenomenal spiritual stamina. This reprint of Wayland's definitive work is of great value. The original two-volume work sold over 26,000 copies in its first year of publication and became a major stimulus in the development of American evangelical missions.

528 pages, Paperback

First published June 12, 2006

About the author

Francis Wayland Jr. (March 11, 1796 – September 30, 1865), American Baptist educator and economist, was born in New York City, New York. He was president of Brown University and pastor of the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island. In Washington, D.C., Wayland Seminary was established in 1867, primarily to educate former slaves, and was named in his honor. (In 1899, Wayland Seminary merged with another school to become the current Virginia Union University, at Richmond, Virginia.)

Wayland was a long time vocal advocate for libraries. His donation to the town of Wayland, Massachusetts, in 1851 for the establishment of a public library was the catalyst for legislation in Massachusetts allowing towns to establish libraries.