Maryknoll in China : A History, 1918-1955. [Maryknoll in Context: The Coming of Age of American Foreign Missions, Maryknoll in the Chinese Environment; Evangelization of the Non-Christians: The Direct Apostolate, Corporal Works of Mercy; etc]

Armonk, N.Y. ; London : M.E. Sharpe, 1988., 1988. Good. [1st ed.] ; xxiii, 591 pp. : illustrated ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0873324188 ; LCCN: 87-32068 ; OCLC: 17108585 ; LC: BV3415.2; Dewey: 266/.251 ; beige cloth with red lettering, in nicked and torn dustjacket ; front signature badly shaken, starting ; signature of Fr. Thomas V. Kiernan ["Fr. Tom"] on front ep ; letter of presentation from the order to Fr. Kiernan laid-in ; Fr. Kiernan joined Maryknoll in China in 1921 after having become inspired by reading of its missionary work through the publication , The Field Afar, and stayed for many years ; an amazing collection of details concerning Catholic missionary work in China from 1911-1955, including name lists of all the participants, and text augmented from 10,000 hours of collected transcribed oral histories from 200 former missionaries ; bibliographies, chronologies and supplemental material make this a comprehensive study, enhanced by numerous photographs and maps ; sections concerning Fr. Kiernan are marked in the margins by stars ; G/FAIR