Twenty-Five Years in Persia: The Memoirs of Mary Allen Whipple - Softcover

Johna MD Facs, Professor Samir

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1410786676 ISBN 13: 9781410786678

Publisher: 1st Book Library, 2003

Synopsis

This book is not just another missionary story but rather a unique account of a family whose ideal of service required them to make the difficult journey to Persia and to make considerable sacrifices in seeking that ideal While detailed accounts of missionary work had been published over the decades a few of them tell us about the missionaries the persons and their other interests This is what this book is about an edited version of the previously unpublished memoirs of the Whipple family who shared everything they had and provided the ultimate sacrifice their lives to spare the lives of those whom they never knew In these pages Mary Allen Whipple provides her life story from the first time she met William Whipple throughout their life together as missionaries in Persia for more than twenty five years and afterwards She provides snap shots of herself her family and friends the hardships and tragedies that befell her family the moments of triumph and the changing time in which she lived But what kind of people they were and what kind of life they lived Find out in this book

About this edition

• Publisher: 1st Book Library
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1410786676
• ISBN 13: 9781410786678
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160