Jungle Doctor Attacks Witchcraft

White, Paul

Verlag: George M. Dash, Sydney NSW, 1947

Beschreibung

126 pages. The book is in excellent condition, and apart from a neat ownership stamp on the tail of the front end pape, clean, unmarked and solid. :"White succeeded Dr Cyril Wallace as the medical secretary of the Diocese of Central Tanganyika in 1939. In 1941 after only two years in missionary work White had to return to Australia due to his wife's illness.On the way home, he developed a boil in, to use his own words, 'a place which caused me to take a pillow, cut a hole in it, and sit very carefully (!)' Unable to take part in the shipboard entertainment he started to write. From this came his first missionary book, Doctor of Tanganyika, which is factual and contains many photographs taken by White himself, to illustrate how missionary work was carried out under such primitive settings, with the local Chigogo people. Following his return to Australia, White went on to write Jungle Doctor,[4] the first in an extensive series bearing the same name, which have been translated into more than 80 languages.[5] At the same time he began his Jungle Doctor radio program, which continued for 25 years. His books are based in Africa and depict African folklore and missionary adventure. Many of White's stories include moral teaching. They tell of surgical operations in the wild using the most basic equipment and the very colourful people of Africa, including his friend Daudi (David) Matama, and quite often striking against the village witchdoctors who relied on black magic to gain power. Several stories are tales of good winning against evil. Although the stories are fiction, they are based on fact, based on White's own, as well as other people's experiences." (Wikipedia). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 020349

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Jungle Doctor Attacks Witchcraft

Verlag: George M. Dash, Sydney NSW

Erscheinungsdatum: 1947

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Begbie, Donald S.

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition