BOOK, JOHN WILLIAM: 1850–?
John William Book was born near Starlight, Ind., on Oct. 21, 1850. He was the son of William and Mary Engel Book, emigrants to Clark County, Ind., from Germany in 1846.
John William Book was educated in local schools, St. Meinrad's Academy and St. Joseph's College (Ky.). He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in 1873 and later had charge of churches in Rockport and Cannelton, Ind.
Information from the National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 7.
- Short Lines to the Roman Catholic Church, 1888.
- Side Switches of the Short Line (with Rev.Thomas J. Jenkins). 1892.
- Thousand and One Objections to Secret Societies.
1893.
- Mollie's Mistake; or Mixed Marriages. n.p.
1894.
- The Book of Books.
