George Hunter apostle of Turkestan - Mildred Cable, Francesca French
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George Hunter came to China in 1889, returning to England for the first and only time in 1900, and after fifty-seven years of missionary service for the China Inland Mission mostly in the Central Asia: ie. Urumqi, and Kashgaria regions of Sinkiang [Inner Mongolia]. He was also the translator of the Scriptures into native languages in Inner Mongolia. This biographical work is a record of the life and work of a unique man. * He died in 1946, in a city of the Province of Kansu. He was one of the great pioneer missionaries, it was regrettable that he was unable to pass on more of the accumulated knowledge which he possessed. He received the M.B.E. from the King of England. Hunter was a Scottish missionary, the authors were his close friends, and they visited him every time then were in the Urumtsi [Urumqi] and Kashgaria areas. * The authors were the first Englishwomen to go alone into the great Asiatic Deserts: The Gobi, & Takla Makan, in Inner Mongolia to live among the people, traveling by foot, donkey, cart an...
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George Hunter apostle of Turkestan, London, 1948.
Physical desc. : 107 p. : plates, ports. , map on lining-papers ; 23 cm
Dust Jacket Chipped but not price-clipped and still beautiful.
Physical desc. : 107 p. : plates, ports. , map on lining-papers ; 23 cm
Dust Jacket Chipped but not price-clipped and still beautiful.
