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Another Hand on Mine: The Story of Dr. Carl K. Becker of the African Inland Mission
by William J. Petersen
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Thomas S. Rockwell Company, 1967 McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. 1967. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for an inked out stamped name on the endpapers. Book Condition: Good +; light dust soiling to cloth on boards top and bottom edges; light dust soiling to textblock top; small fabric tear at head. DJ: Fair +; NOT Price Clipped ($5.95); edge bumping and missing pieces along top edge; missing piece at tail; rubbing to spine shoulders; closed tears to front panel bottom. Green cloth boards and spine with white, yellow, and black lettering on the spine. 228 pp 8vo. In Congo's vast Ituri forest among giant trees, magnificent ferns and fields of orchids and poinsettias there stands the Oicha mission hospital where Dr. Carl Becker has for 35 years given his life to save lives and keep his promise to God. This is the story of the day-to-day life of a missionary doctor who not only had to fight disease but the local superstitions about white witch doctors. His treatment of leprosy has been outstanding as has been his faith in the face of the anti-missionary onslaught. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013866
- Title
- Another Hand on Mine: The Story of Dr. Carl K. Becker of the African Inland Mission
- Author
- William J. Petersen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas S. Rockwell Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- missionary medical care, Oicha missionary hospital, African Congo, Congo, Ituri Forest, white witch doctor, anti-missionary movement, leprosy, African Inland Mission, Christians, Christian life, Oicha Orphanage, religion, Hahnemann Medical College in Phil
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; African Matters;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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