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The greatest gift : the courageous life and death of Sister Dorothy Stang / Binka Le Breton.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Le Breton, Binka.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Stang, Dorothy (Dorothy Mae), -2005.
Stang, Dorothy.
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur--United States--Biography.
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur--Brazil--Biography.
Catholic Church--Missions--Brazil.
Catholic Church.
Deforestation--Amazon River Region.
Deforestation.
Missions.
Amazon River Region.
Brazil.
United States.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xv, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Doubleday, [2007]
Contents:
Sister Dorothy in the Amazon
Dayton days
Entering religious life
First steps in mission
Early days in Brazil
Getting in deeper
Land without men for men without land
Baptism of fire
The Transamazon highway
Life on the Transamazônica
Creation spirituality
Putting creation spirituality to work
The land wars
Sustainablity : the impossible dream?
The angel of the Amazon
A death foretold
February 11, 2005
February 12, 2005.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780385522182
0385522185
OCLC:
141483994

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