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Elmer U. (Elmer Ulysses) Hoenshel
b. 1864
A teacher, minister, and lecturer as well as a writer, this early 20th-century author brought his travels and religious imagination into books that range from Holy Land reflections to fiction. He is especially remembered for My Three Days in Gilead, a brief travel narrative shaped by personal observation and spiritual curiosity.
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My Three Days in Gilead
by Elmer U. (Elmer Ulysses) Hoenshel
About the author
Born in 1864, Elmer Ulysses Hoenshel was an American educator, minister, lecturer, and author. Reliable records connected with his death identify him as a longtime figure in the United Brethren in Christ ministry, and Shenandoah University lists him as president of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute from 1895 to 1910.
His writing reflects both his religious background and his interest in travel. The Project Gutenberg text of My Three Days in Gilead presents him as principal of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music, and the book itself grows out of a journey through the Middle East. Other surviving works, including The Crimson Trail and By the Overflowing Nile, show a mix of devotional, travel, and narrative writing.
Hoenshel died in 1940. Although he is not widely known today, his books preserve a very personal voice from an era when travel, faith, and education often met on the page.