Fighting Angel Portrait of a Soul (Paperback)

from streamsong

This is a biography of Buck's father who went to China as a missionary in the late 1800's--soon after the US Civil War-- and spent over fifty years there. This biography was specifically mentioned in the contributing works when Buck won her Nobel prize. As always, Buck's descriptions of China, Ch...

from Pferdina

I really enjoyed this short biography of Pearl S. Buck's father, who worked as a missionary in China most of his life. It was a little strange because it was written extremely objectively, as if the author needed to put a lot of distance between herself and her subject. She refers to herself only...

from Pferdina

I really enjoyed this short biography of Pearl S. Buck's father, who worked as a missionary in China most of his life. It was a little strange because it was written extremely objectively, as if the author needed to put a lot of distance between herself and her subject. She refers to herself only...