Elder, Earl E. Vindicating a Vision: The Story of the American Mission in Egypt, 1854-1954 [signed]

Elder, Earl E. Vindicating a Vision: The Story of the American Mission in Egypt, 1854-1954 [signed]. Philadelphia: Board of Foreign Missions of the United Presbyterian Church of N. A., 1958. [7694]

Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, ex missionary training center library with white call numbers to spine, a few stamps, paste stain on rear paste-down from removed card pocket. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, map end papers, 336 clean pp. plus many illustrations from b/w photographs, tight. No dust jacket. Signed "Earl E. Elder" in blue ink below his name on the tp. Good. Hardcover.

"The century of mission work covered by this book coincides with the rise and fall of European Colonial influence in Africa. The background of Turkish, French and English influence is evident in the whole picture presented in these pages. The departure of colonialism and the flowering of nationalism into independence are the outstanding features marking Egypt's political scene a the end of the century described. As this book is published the members of our independent Coptic Evangelical Church are fittingly taking their places alongside their fellow Egyptians in the new day of national freedom." - publisher.