SHELDON, CHARLES M. — In His Steps

The John C. Winston Copany, 1937. Hardcover. "This is a small format book (approx. 4.5" x 6"). The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The front cover and spine of the book have gilt lettering and decorations. There is a rectangular pictorial pastedown on the front cover that has spots of rubbing and fading. The text pages are clean and bright. "Charles Monroe Sheldon (February 26, 1857 – February 24, 1946) was an American Congregationalist minister and a leader of the Social Gospel movement. His novel In His Steps introduced the principle "What would Jesus do?", which articulated an approach to Christian theology that became popular at the turn of the 20th century and enjoyed a revival almost one hundred years later. The stretch of US-24 on the north side of Topeka, Kansas, between US-75 and K-4 is named the "Charles Sheldon Trafficway" in his honor. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .