FIFTY-THREE YEARS IN SYRIA VOL. II

JESSUP, HENRY HARRIS.

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ISBN:978-1-85964-171-2
EAN:9781859641712
Editorial: GARNET PUBLISHING
Fecha de la edición:2002
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Encuadernación:CARTONE
Nº Pág.:450
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The second volume in Henry Jessup's extraordinary autobiography, Fifty-Three Years in Syria begins in 1873, when Syria was overwhelmed with cholera and Jessup and his fellow missionaries helped distribute medicine among the sick. Surviving the epidemic, Jessup chronicles the building of schools, the turn of a new century, the growth of the Syrian Protestant College, and the growth of Christianity in Syria. Intertwined in this incredible narrative is the moving story of his family'the marriage and death of two wives, and the birth of eight children