SINCERELY YOURS The Life and Work of Leonard Riggleman by Garrett, Mark - 1980

no place: no publisher, 1980. Paperback. Near fine. Printed paper wraps, octavo, b&w frontispiece, otherwise not illustrated. Book has a couple faint vertical creases on front panel from opening book, binding tight, text clean and unmarked.

(Charleston, WV: Privately Printed, 1980. First Printing. Wraps. Very good. Wraps, very good, light wear and soil, signed by Riggleman and also with "Born: April 16, 1894" possibly in Riggleman's hand, maybe in someone else's. 123 pp. Garrett wrote this biography of his grandfather when he was 19. Leonard Riggleman (April 16, 1894-May 19, 1983) was born in a cabin in Randolph County. A mountain farm boy, educated in a one-room school, he passed the uniform teachers exam in 1913 and taught three years before leaving to study for the Methodist ministry at Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston), then located at Barboursville, Cabell County. There he earned his bachelor's degree in 1922, and met his wife, Pauline Steele of Huntington. After receiving a master's degree at Southern Methodist University, Riggleman accepted a pastorate in Milton (1924-28) and taught for the agricultural extension service and for Morris Harvey. He was elected vice president of the college in 1930 and president… Read More