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100 1  Wetzel, David N.,|eauthor. 
245 14 The vanishing Messiah :|bthe life and resurrections of 
       Francis Schlatter /|cDavid N. Wetzel. 
264  1 Iowa City :|bUniversity of Iowa Press,|c[2016] 
300    xii, 279 pages ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    In 1895, an extraordinarily enigmatic faith healer emerged
       in the American West. An Alsatian immigrant and former 
       cobbler, Francis Schlatter looked like popular depictions 
       of Jesus, and it was said that his very touch could heal 
       everything from migraines and arthritis to blindness and 
       cancer. First in Albuquerque, and then in Denver, 
       thousands flocked to him, hoping to receive his healing 
       touch. Schlatter accepted no money for his work, behaved 
       modestly, fasted heavily, and treated everyone, from 
       wealthy socialites to impoverished immigrants, equally. He
       quickly captured national attention, and both the sick 
       hoping to be cured and reporters hoping to expose a fraud 
       hurried to Denver to see the celebrated healer. By 
       November of 1895, it is estimated that Schlatter was 
       treating thousands of people every day, and the 
       neighborhood in which he was staying was overrun with the 
       sick and lame, their families, reporters from across the 
       country, and hucksters hoping to make a quick buck off the
       local attention. Then, one night, Schlatter simply 
       vanished. Eighteen months later, his skeleton was 
       reportedly found on a mountainside in Mexico's Sierra 
       Madre range, finally bringing Schlatter's great healing 
       ministry to an end.  Or did it? Within hours of the 
       announcement of Schlatter's found remains, a long-haired 
       man emerged in Cleveland to say that he was Francis 
       Schlatter, and the next twenty-five years, several others 
       claimed to be Denver's great healer. In The Vanishing 
       Messiah, a modern researcher painstakingly pieces together
       evidence from letters, newspaper reports, hospital records,
       mug shots, and published reminiscences of the healer to 
       find out what really happened to Francis Schlatter after 
       he left Denver in the middle of the night in November 
       1895. In doing so, David N. Wetzel uncovers a historical 
       puzzle of lies, deception, and betrayal, and offers a 
       tantalizing look into a nineteenth-century messiah and his
       twentieth-century reincarnations--one of whom may have 
       been the healer himself. 
600 10 Schlatter, Francis,|d1856-1896? 
600 17 Schlatter, Francis,|d1856-1896?|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00252621 
650  0 Healers|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Healers|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  2 Faith Healing. 
650  7 Healers.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00952697 
651  2 United States. 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
655  2 Biography. 
655  7 Biography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423686 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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