author
Elmer U. (Elmer Ulysses) Hoenshel
b. 1864
A minister, teacher, lecturer, and author, he wrote travel and religious works that carried readers from Egypt and Iceland to biblical settings. His books reflect a lively interest in faith, history, and faraway places.
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My Three Days in Gilead
by Elmer U. (Elmer Ulysses) Hoenshel
About the author
Born in Pennsylvania in 1864, Elmer Ulysses Hoenshel became known as a teacher, minister, lecturer, and author. Contemporary library and memorial records connect him with the United Brethren in Christ ministry and with Shenandoah Collegiate Institute, later Shenandoah College.
His published work ranges across several kinds of nonfiction and religious writing. Surviving catalog and digitized-book records show titles such as By the Overflowing Nile, The Land of Frost and Fire, My Three Days in Gilead, and The Crimson Trail, suggesting a writer drawn both to travel and to biblical subjects.
Hoenshel died in 1940. Although he is not widely known today, a number of his books remain preserved in major digital collections, which has helped keep his work accessible to modern readers.