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New York: Vision Books. Very Good- in Good dust jacket; Small tear top spine. Jacket spine faded, . 1" piece out bottom spine, 2" tears, waterstain and ink and pencil . scribbles on back.. 1958. Hardcover. Book club edition.; Book Club Edition; 8vo; 192 pages .

New York: Vision Books, 1958. Hardcover. Good. Fisher, Leonard Everett. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear, light soiling to boards; This is the inspiring story of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, a holy young Indian woman who was converted to Christianity by the French missionaries led by Saint Isaac Joques during the 1600s. Kateri's mother was a very devout Christian woman who, after being captured by the Iroquois, was not allowed to baptize her daughter. Kateri's whole family died of smallpox, and she was adopted by a chief who was very anti-Christian. When she was baptized and converted by the missionaries, Kateri became ostracized from the tribe. With the help of the priest, she made a daring escape, and thereafter lived a life devoted to God. Denied her desire to become a nun, she declined marriage and lived as a single woman with deep faith, offering her sufferings and life to Christ. She died at the age of twenty-four and is affectionately known as the "Lily of… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958. Hardcover. 192p. Ex-library. A yellow hardcover book in good reading condition. Spine ends worn and boards soiled along the bottom edges. Library markings and card pocket inside, but text itself unmarked and binding tight. #34 in the VISION BOOKS series for Catholic children.

U S. A.: Vision Books/ Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. Fine/Very Good. 1958. Hardcover. 190pp Illustrations Great biography of the saintly Mohawk Indian girl Dust jacket has tears and small chips on edges of jacket .

New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1958. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 190p. A hardcover book in very good condition. Top corners slightly bent at the tips and spine ends lightly rubbed. Endpapers faintly tanned; otherwise clean and tight. Vision Books #34. A Catholic children's book about the famous Native American saint.

San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.: Ignatius Press. Very Good. 1991. Soft Cover. 0898703808 (B173) .

Ignatius Pr, 1991. Paperback. New. 178 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.50 inches.