The Story of John G. Paton; or, Thirty Years among South Sea Cannibals (Summarized Edition) Enriched edition. A 19th-Century South Sea Mission: Faith, Peril, and Conversion amid Cultural Clashes
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03.04.2026
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Englisch
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8596547892564
In this seminal Victorian missionary memoir, John G. Paton narrates three decades in the New Hebrides (present-day Vanuatu), from the traumatic opening on Tanna-where his young wife and infant died and he repeatedly fled violence-to the later Aniwa years of translation, teaching, and social reform. Told in vivid, devotional first-person episodes drawn from journals and letters, the book fuses adventure narrative with ethnographic notice and apologetic aim. Paton records warfare, ritual practices, and episodes of cannibalism as he understood them, locating the work within nineteenth-century missionary and travel writing. Born in Dumfriesshire in 1824 and formed by Scottish Presbyterian piety and urban mission work in Glasgow, Paton brought disciplined study and practical compassion to the islands. He conceived his vocation as applied theology under extreme pressure. Written late in life, with his brother James assisting as editor, the narrative doubles as personal testimony and as a strategic report to galvanize support for the New Hebrides Mission across the English-speaking world. Scholars of global Christianity, empire, and travel writing will find a bracing primary source; general readers will encounter a gripping, morally earnest story that invites critical empathy and sustained reflection.
Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable-distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable-distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
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