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Mary Mitchell Slessor (2 December 1848 13 January 1915) was a Scottish missionary to Nigeria. Her work and strong personality allowed her to be trusted...
Mary Slessor grew up in Scotland, in squalid poverty but she had a hero. He was her contemporary but much older countryman David Livingstone. Not only did Mary idolize him but she wanted also to find her calling in Africa. But Livingstone was fearless. Tiny Mary trembled with fear. Her father was th...
Sam Wellman
Kindle Edition
144
Wild Centuries Press
10
Mary Slessor was a fiery young red head who lead a tough life. From the slums of Dundee in Scotland she travelled to the wild jungles of Africa. Wherever she went she shared the good news of Jesus Christ. What was it like to work in a jute mill in Dundee or to work amongst warrior tribes in Africa? ...
Catherine MacKenzie
Hardcover
24
CF4Kids
1845507916
9781845507916
9
Life for most people is governed by authority and convention, hut behind these there lies always the mystery of human nature, uncertain and elusive, and apt now and again to go off at a tangent and disturb the smooth working of organised routine. Some man or woman will appear who departs from the no...
W. P. Livingstone
Paperback
392
Forgotten Books
6
Mary Slessor grew up in the slums of Dundee in the 1800's. Industry was booming but housing was sub- standard and life expectancy was low. Illness, disease and malnutrition killed many children before they reached the age of five. Mary was lucky - born into a poor family, abused by her father - she ...
Catherine MacKenzie
Paperback
192
CF4Kids
1857923480
9781857923483
5
While working in a cotton mill in Scotland, Mary Slessor (1848-1915) longed to be a missionary. When God answered her prayers by calling her to the unreached, often dangerous, tribes of Africa's Calabar region, Mary's faith, courage, steadfastness, and pioneering spirit were a brilliant example of t...
Renee Meloche
Hardcover
32
YWAM Publishing
157658237X
9781576582374
4
While many missionaries died within months, this fiery mill worker from Scotland labored in love among the unreached tribes of Africa's Calabar region for thirty-nine years (1848-1915).This best-selling, missionary biography series - Christian Heroes: Then & Now - chronicles the exciting, challengin...
Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
Paperback
203
YWAM Publishing
1576581489
9781576581483
1
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A. J. Bueltmann
Kindle Edition
105
8
A young West African girl must look to the courageous missionary, Mary Slessor, as the only one who can rescue her mother from the dreaded trial by poison bean. Ages 8-12.
Dave and Neta Jackson
Paperback
144
Bethany House
1556612745
9781556612749
7