Will It Play in Peoria? The Rhetoric of Folly and Its Application in Sermons (Vol. 1)

At the end of the 19th century Vaudeville was in its prime. One of its major stops was Peoria, Illinois. There was a question asked of any new act, “Will It Play in Peoria?” The sermons in this book were preached at the First Baptist Church of Peoria and they preached well there. The intellectual and emotional power of Dr. Kennedy’s sermons will be evident as you read.