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Captured! A Mother's True Story of Her Family's Imprisonment by the Vietcong
by Carolyn Paine Miller
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0915684179
- ISBN 13
- 9780915684175
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Chappaqua, NY: Christian Herald Books , 1977 Christian Herald Books, Chappaqua, NY. 1977. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($6.95); light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light rubbing to panels. Black buckram boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 288 pp 8vo. The author and her husband were Wycliffe Bible Translators who devoted fourteen years of their lives to the translation of the New Testament into the language of the Bru Tribes of Vietnam. As Saigon fell, they and their daughter were captured by the Vietcong and imprisoned for 8 months. This is a story of her faith, strength and hope under the most trying of circumstances. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016235
- Title
- Captured! A Mother's True Story of Her Family's Imprisonment by the Vietcong
- Author
- Carolyn Paine Miller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0915684179
- ISBN 13
- 9780915684175
- Publisher
- Christian Herald Books
- Place of Publication
- Chappaqua, NY
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Christianity, missionaries, Wycliffe Bible Translators, New Testament, Vietnam, Bru Tribesmen, Vietcong, Saigon, prison, imprisoned by the Vietcong, Vietnam War,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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