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Beyond the stone arches : an American missionary doctor in China, 1892-1932 / Edward Bliss, Jr.
Van Pelt Library R722.32.B55 A3 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bliss, Edward, 1912-2002.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bliss, Edward, 1865-1960.
- Bliss, Edward.
- Missionaries, Medical--China--Shao-wu hsien--Biography.
- Missionaries, Medical.
- Medicine--China--Shao-wu hsien--Anecdotes.
- Medicine.
- History.
- China--History--1861-1912--Anecdotes.
- China.
- China--History--Republic, 1912-1949--Anecdotes.
- China--Shaowu Xian.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : John Wiley, [2001]
- Summary:
- In 1892 Edward Bliss packed up his family and embarked on a journey that took him to a remote outpost in feudal China, where he served as a medical missionary until the early days of Mao Zedong. Bliss battled malaria, plague, floods, and encroaching communist armies to help make the world a better place. He healed the sick, worked as a farmer, delivered babies, and bred cattle -- all for the "glory of God and dignity of man". This remarkable biography, written by Bliss's son, is a luminous portrait of an exemplary figure, a man whose remarkable life story offers readers inspiration to face adversity in their own time. Beyond the Stone Arches also delivers a sharply etched portrait of one of the great social movements in recent history -- the outpouring of missionaries to Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0471397598
- OCLC:
- 44046778
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