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October 2005
Compiled by Bryn E. Wittmayer, of Salem Public Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.

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NONFICTION

Anderson, Courtney  To the Golden Shore; The Life of Adoniram Judson

Andrew, Brother.  God's Call;  God's Smuggler

Benge, Janet   Gladys Aylward : The Adventure of a Lifetime

Bonn, John Louis   So Falls the Elm Tree

Brandt, Nat   Massacre in Shansi

Bull, Geoffrey T.   The Sky is Red.

Bunson, Margaret R.   Father Damien: The Man and His Era

Burgess, Alan  The Small Woman

Burnham, Gracia   In the Presence of my Enemies

Carpenter, Teresa   The Miss Stone Affair: America's First Modern Hostage Crisis.

Carrigan, Ana   Salvador Witness : The Life and Calling of Jean Donovan.

Couve de Murville, M. N. L.   The Man who Founded California : The Life of Blessed Junipero Serra

Cronin, Vincent   The Wise Man from the West.

Curry, Dayna et. al.  Prisoners of Hope: The Story of our Captivity and Freedom in Afghanistan

Donadio, Patrick J.   Touch Me if You Dare

Edwards, Lee  Missionary for Freedom : The Life and Times of Walter Judd.

Elliot, Elisabeth   A Chance to die : The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael.

Elliot, Elisabeth   Through Gates of Splendor.

Elliot, Jim   The Journals of Jim Elliot.

Ewing, Charles   Death Throes of a Dynasty : Letters and Diaries of Charles and Bessie Ewing, Missionaries to China.

Fanfani, Mariapia  Hayat: On the Side of Life

Farrow, John   Damien, the Leper

Geiger, Maynard J.   The Life and Times of Fray Junipero Serra, O.F.M.; or, The Man Who Never Turned Back, 1713-1784.

Hattaway, Paul   The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

Hill, A. May   Echoes: Life Story in Prose, Poetry and Oil Paintings.

Hitt, Russell T.   Jungle Pilot : The Gripping Story of the Life and Witness of Nate Saint, Martyred missionary to Ecuador

Hu, Hualing   American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking : The Courage of Minnie Vautrin

Hulme, Kathryn   The Num's Story

Jeffrey, Julie Roy   Converting the West : A Biography of Narcissa Whitman.

Jones, E. Stanley   A Song of Ascents; A Spiritual Autobiography.

Kennedy, Pagan   Black Livingstone : A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth-Century Congo Lyngheim, Linda Father Junipero Serra, the Traveling Missionary

Martin, James, S.J.   In Good Company : The Fast Track from the Corporate World to Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience.

Morgado, Martin J.   Junipero Serra's Legacy

Price, Eva Jane   China Journal 1889-1900: An American Missionary Family During the Boxer Rebellion : With the Letters and Diaries of Eva Jane Price and Her Family

Race, Steve   The Two Worlds of Joseph Race

Roos, Ann   Man of Molokai; The Life of Father Damien.

Rose, Darlene Deibler   Evidence Not Seen : A Woman's Miraculous Faith in a Japanese Prison Camp During WWII.

Sacramento County Historical Society   Father of California.

Service, Grace   Golden Inches : The China Memoir of Grace Service

Spalding, Henry Harmon   The Diaries and Letters of Henry H. Spalding and Asa Bowen Smith Relating to the Nez Perce Mission, 1838-1842.

Spence, Jonathan D.   The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci

Stagg, Kristen   If God Should Choose: The Authorized Story of Jim and Roni Bowers

Stewart, Richard   Leper Priest of Moloka'i : The Father Damien Story

Ten Boom, Corrie   The Hiding Place

Tucker, Ruth A   From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya : A Biographical History of Christian Missions

Walker, Ardis Manly   Francisco Garces : Pioneer Padre of Los Tulares

FICTION

Babson, Babson   Another Sky

Bennett, Jeffrey W.   Under the Lontar Palm

Buck, Pearl   Come, My Beloved

Buck, Pearl   Exile

Buck, Pearl   Fighting Angel

Cather, Willa   Death Comes for the Archbishop

Craven, Margaret   I heard the Owl Call My Name.

Edwards, E. J.   These Two Hands

Edwards, E. J.   Thy People, My People

Edwards, E. J.   White Fire

Endo, Shusaku   Silence

Forester, C.S.   The African Queen

Herman, Kathy   Vital Signs

Hersey, John   The Call.

Highland, Frederick   Ghost Eater

Kingsolver, Barbara   The Poisonwood Bible.

LaHaye, Beverly   Season of Blessing

Leanne, Shelly   Joshua's Bible

Marshall, Catherine   Christy

Matthiessen, Peter   At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Meyers, Margaret   Swimming in the Congo

Michener, Jamese  Hawaii

Moore, Brian   Black Robe : A Novel

Morris, Alan   Bright Sword of Justice

Morris, Lynn   Red and Lowering Sky

Morrow, HonorŽ Willsie   Splendor of God

Oke, Janette  The Calling of Emily Evans

Randall, Arthur   Brotherhood of Betrayal

Rizzo, Kay   Love's Cherished Refrain

Scott, Bernice   Junipero Serra, Pioneer of the Cross

Spencer, Cornelia   The Missionary

Vitti, James A.   A Little Piece of Paradise

Waterhouse, E. B.   Serra, California Conquistador; A Narrative History

Whitson, Stephanie Grace   Dakota Moons series

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Last updated: 11/7/2005