Peter Cartwright: The Backwoods Preacher

Peter Cartwright (1785-1872) without a formal education, equipped only with a Bible, hymnbook and a copy of the Methodist Discipline, the outspoken, hellfire-brimstone preacher covered circuits on horseback through Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois for over 50 years, preaching more than 15,000 sermons and baptizing over 12,000 converts.