| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
BX 6193 .L37 P3 1966 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17850 |
| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - BX 6193 .L37
- Item number - P3 1966
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Palmer, Blanche
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Pilgrim of the night /
- Statement of responsibility, etc - by Blanche Palmer ; illustrated by Don Fields
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc - Nashville, Tennessee :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc - Southern Publishing Association,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc - c1966
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 157 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc - "This warmly human story of love and war, of recurring problems and blessings, is set against the romantic background of the Philippine Islands. The author describes the beauty of a tropical orchid and heathen mysteries of Moro culture with equal finesse. Blanche Palmer herself, a close personal friend of Mrs. LaSage, shows a remarkable insight into the trials and joys of Christian journey. It is her personal wish that this story will make progress toward the kingdom of light easier for every "pilgrim of the night."" - from the dust jacket
- Summary, etc - "The biography of Ray and Ruth LaSage. Imprisoned by the Japanese on Mindanao where they lived, they were transferred to Santo Tomas in December 1943. After the war, the family returned to their farm on Mindanao. Interesting stories of trying to work the farm with the presence of moro bandits.After Ray's death, Ruth lived on for a few years, until she sold the farm in 1961 and returned to the US." - Roderick Hall
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - LaSage, Ruth
- Personal name - LaSage, Ray
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Seventh-Day Adventists
- General subdivision - Missions
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
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