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title: 'The Colporteur #1: George Armstrong’s The Summer of the Pestilence (Conversation with Miles Smith)'
type: post
author: 'Miles Smith, Caleb Cangelosi'
date: 2020-04-15
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2020-the-colporteur-1-george-armstrongs-the-summer-of-the-pestilence-conversation-with-miles-smith
---

# The Colporteur #1: George Armstrong’s The Summer of the Pestilence (Conversation with Miles Smith)

I’ve just posted on YouTube a 34-minute conversation that I had with Dr. Miles Smith IV on [George Armstrong’s](/authors/george-dodd-armstrong) book *The Summer of the Pestilence.* Miles is a historian and the editor of an upcoming title we’re reprinting by [William Swan Plumer](/authors/william-swan-plumer) on the impeccability of Jesus. If you’re interested in hearing about how a pastor in 1855 served the Lord and his people through a yellow fever epidemic, check this video out. And let us know in the comments or [here](/about) if you’d like to see more interviews like this about the authors and books on our site. There may well be a “The Colporteur #2” one day. I’d love to hear your suggestions about who I could interview or what book/author I could discuss.