The Steamer Parish: The Rise and Fall of Missionary Medicine on an African Frontier.(Book review)

The Steamer Parish: The Rise and Fall of Missionary Medicine on an African Frontier. By Charles M. Good Jr. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. Pp. 487. $30.00.)

Scholars of central African missionary studies will remember the legendary exploits of the indomitable Scottish pioneers and their famous lake steamer, Illala. Charles M. Good Jr. has added to this list of legendary exploits the work of the Anglican missionaries and their lake steamers, the Chauncy Maples and the Charles Janson. Good, a geographer, patiently and meticulously documents the evolution of…