Running to the Fire: An American Missionary Comes of Age in Revolutionary Ethiopia (Sightline Books) by Bascom, Tim - 2015-04-01

University Of Iowa Press, 4/1/2015 12:00:01 AM. paperback. Good. 0.8000 in x 9.2000 in x 5.7000 in.

University of Iowa Press, 2015. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions.

University Of Iowa Press, April 2015. Trade . Very Good. Very Good Softcover. Light shelfwear to covers. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

pb. Good+. All pages and cover are intact. Possible minor highlighting and marginalia. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC.

Paperback. Very Good.

University Of Iowa Press, April 2015. Paper Back. New.

Paperback / softback. New. In the streets of Addis Ababa in 1977, shop-front posters illustrate Uncle Sam being strangled by an Ethiopian revolutionary, parliamentary leaders are executed, student protesters are gunned down, and Christian mission converts are targeted as imperialistic sympathizers. Into this world arrives sixteen-year-old Tim Bascom, whose missionary parents have brought their family from a small town in Kansas straight into Colonel Mengistu's Marxist "Red Terror." Here they plan to work alongside a tiny remnant of western missionaries who trust that God will somehow keep them safe. Running to the Fire focuses on the turbulent year the Bascom family experienced upon traveling into revolutionary Ethiopia. The teenage Bascom finds a paradoxical exhilaration in living so close to constant danger. At boarding school in Addis Ababa, where dorm parents demand morning devotions and forbid dancing, Bascom bonds with other youth due to a shared sense of threat. He… Read More

Univ of Iowa Pr, 2015. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 264 pages. 9.00x5.75x0.75 inches.

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