| Nate Saint: On a Wing and a Prayer Contributor(s): Benge, Janet (Author), Benge, Geoff (Author) |
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ISBN: 1576580172 ISBN-13: 9781576580172 Publisher: YWAM Publishing OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: "Christian Heroes: Then & Now have set a new standard of quality in Christian biography. These thrilling true adventures are the best-written biographies for ages 10 and up! One of the five missionaries martyred in Ecuador in 1956, Nate Saint combined his love for airplanes and God in his air-service ministry to isolated missionaries (1923-1956). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Religious (see Also Religious - Christian - Bio |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 98007287 |
| Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.28" W x 8.02" (0.41 lbs) 201 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Evangelical - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Latin America - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 89045 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Seven-year-old Nate Saint peered wide-eyed over the cockpit of his older brother Sam's Challenger biplane. The eastern Pennsylvania countryside was spread out neatly below him like a fine tablecloth. Nate was determined to remember every moment of this first high-flying adventure. Flying soon captured Nate's heart. His air-service ministry to isolated missionaries put him on a path of destiny that would ultimately end with a final airplane flight with four missionary friends to the "Palm Beach" landing strip in the jungles of Ecuador. The men's lives given that day not only opened a door to the gospel for the unreached "Aucas"; it has been said that possibly no single event of the twentieth century awakened more hearts to God's call to serve in missions. (1923-1956). This best-selling, missionary biography series - Christian Heroes: Then & Now - chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men and women whose trust in God accomplished extraord |