Author: WALLIS, ETHEL EMILY
Title: God Speaks Navajo
Description: New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small edge tears, nicks and tiny chips, along with rubbing to the black front panel. "While at UCLA, Wallis rubbed elbows with several members of the second wave of pioneers of Wycliffe Bible Translators. She became interested and eventually joined the organization, after serving on the editorial staff of King’s Business. Because of her training in journalism, Wycliffe’s founder William Cameron Townsend asked her to write the first biography of the organization. Working with Mary A. Bennett, she rose to that challenge, producing “Two Thousand Tongues to Go. ” Ethel went on to write eight missionary books: Dayuma: Life Under Waorani Spears, Tariri: My Story, Otomi Shepherdess, God Speaks Navajo, Aucas Downriver, Dayuma’s Story Today, and the Cakchiquel Album. She wrote about missionaries she knew and traveled to many locations worldwide to compile information for other books. As a linguist, Ethel wrote 25 scholarly articles on the languages she studied, published in various professional journals. She studied and translated languages of Eastern Europe and Mexico and helped open the door for Bible translation work in Southeast Asia. " (from Conservapedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Native Americans Ethel Emily Wallis Navajo Faye Edgerton Navajo Indians Wycliffe Bible Translators Languages
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Title: God Speaks Navajo
Description: New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small edge tears, nicks and tiny chips, along with rubbing to the black front panel. "While at UCLA, Wallis rubbed elbows with several members of the second wave of pioneers of Wycliffe Bible Translators. She became interested and eventually joined the organization, after serving on the editorial staff of King’s Business. Because of her training in journalism, Wycliffe’s founder William Cameron Townsend asked her to write the first biography of the organization. Working with Mary A. Bennett, she rose to that challenge, producing “Two Thousand Tongues to Go. ” Ethel went on to write eight missionary books: Dayuma: Life Under Waorani Spears, Tariri: My Story, Otomi Shepherdess, God Speaks Navajo, Aucas Downriver, Dayuma’s Story Today, and the Cakchiquel Album. She wrote about missionaries she knew and traveled to many locations worldwide to compile information for other books. As a linguist, Ethel wrote 25 scholarly articles on the languages she studied, published in various professional journals. She studied and translated languages of Eastern Europe and Mexico and helped open the door for Bible translation work in Southeast Asia. " (from Conservapedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Native Americans Ethel Emily Wallis Navajo Faye Edgerton Navajo Indians Wycliffe Bible Translators Languages
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 42207
- Book number: 42207
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