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Description

Forty years ago the world was shocked by the news that Auca Indians martyred Jim Elliot and four other American missionaries in the jungles of Ecuador. That was the first chapter of one of the most breathtaking stories of the twentieth century. The Savage My Kinsman tells the story in text and... read more

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WHEN THEY FIRST heard that savage Indians known as Aucas had killed five American missionaries in the jungles of South America in 1956, many people asked, "Are there still such savages living today?"

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  1. Elisabeth Elliot (Author)

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  1. biography
  2. missions
  3. non-fiction 
 

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