The video "Sheffey", produced by Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC is a wonderful documentary shot by the Universities "Unusual Films" which is listed as a major motion picture in 16 mm color. I am reading this from a movie poster on my wall while I am sitting here typing. Robert S. Sheffey was a nephew of the Congressman Daniel Sheffey and very rich SW Virginian Col. James White. After his father's death, he was raised by his rich uncle that had him to enter Emory and Henry College but Robert, unlike his brothers and those to follow, had an aversion for education. He found the Lord with the Methodist, much to his adoptive family's will. He became a circuit rider preacher in a life that somewhat parallels that of Alonzo Dow, although I have never mentioned his name mentioned in the two Sheffey books I have. He visited by horseback and if he had any money, gave what he had to those more needy. He had the gift of power through prayer that many stories have been written. But his biggest interest was in the building and establishing "camp grounds", some of which are still in existence, that these early Methodist could gather and listen to the word of God for a few days. Most of these people lived some distance from churches and this was their way of attendance. This video is very interesting and extremely well done. I purchased my copy for about 28 dollars at a Religious book store on the Fort Chiswell side of Wytheville, just as you enter town. This film was for organized viewing only for a number of years before being offered for sale. I feel that the film was extremely well done except it has little mention of his first wife and their children. That they were often left without money and was near starvation if not for the generosity of his Uncles Daniel Sheffey and James White giving them money. One would believe in seeing the video that his second wife and son Eddie had been his whole life. Far from it. Otherwise for you early Methodist and others interested in the era, it is an excellent film. Like, October Sky, it was not filmed on location but in another state, South Carolina. The quality of the video is excellent. Robert Crabtree