No Graven Image: A NovelWhat will young American missionary Margaret Sparhawk discover in the high Andes of Ecuador? Readers experience her longings and fears as she adjusts to foreign culture, hikes through panoramic mountain splendor, visits the squalid huts of suspicious Indians, and wins their trust. But nothing could have prepared her for a terrible tragedy involving one of her favorite Indian families. |
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