Mateer sailed from New York in 1863 with his young wife on a six-month voyage to China and spent the rest of his life in Shantung. Fisher traces his upbringing, his work as an evangelist, the school at Tengchow that grew into Shantung College, his printing press and translations, and his skill with apparatus and machinery.
A detailed portrait of the American missionary movement in late Qing China. Download the free EPUB.