Author: ELLIOT, ELISABETH
Title: Through Gates of Splendour
Description: London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1958. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a bookplate to half title page and light foxing to closed edges and the occasional page edge else a clean, tight copy. Dustjacket has light wear and is not price clipped. Third impression (first was 1957). A first hand account of the ambush and killing of five missionaries who were the first to penetrate the land of the Auca Indians in Ecuador. Written in collaboration with the four other Missionary wives, and the meticulous and revealing diaries and tapes of the missionaries themselves. Illustrated by photographs by the missionaries and 'Life' photographer, Cornell Capa. 11. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Ecuador, Operation Auca, Martyrdom of Missionaries by Auca Indians, Curaray River, Cornell Capa


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