Mary Slessor--everybody's mother : the era and impact of a Victorian missionary /

How did a petite redhead from the slums of Dundee become a role model for a hundred years? How did she come to wield influence in the land known to her compatriots as the white man's grave? Why are there statues of her holding twins in Nigeria' How did she develop her missionary fervor com...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hardage, Jeanette
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. : Lutterworth Press, 2010, ©2008.
Temas:
Slessor, Mary, > 1848-1915.
Church of Scotland > Missions > Nigeria > Calabar Region.
Church of Scotland.
Women missionaries > Nigeria > Calabar Region > Biography.
Women missionaries > Scotland > Biography.
Presbyterian Church > Missions > Nigeria > Calabar Region.
Femmes missionnaires > Écosse > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions.
Missions.
Presbyterian Church > Missions.
Women missionaries.
Scotland.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How did a petite redhead from the slums of Dundee become a role model for a hundred years? How did she come to wield influence in the land known to her compatriots as the white man's grave? Why are there statues of her holding twins in Nigeria' How did she develop her missionary fervor combined with down-to-earth common sense? How did she overcome difficult situations throughout her life in ways that set her apart from many Victorians? Her eccentricities are often cited: She climbed trees, marched barefoot and bareheaded through the forest, declined to filter her water, and shed her Victorian.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxv, 344 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map, portraits
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-330) and index.
ISBN:0718842022
9780718842024

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