FA: A Child of Miracles, Story of Patsy Li, HB/DJ

A Child of Miracles
The Story of Patsy Li
by Rev. Frederic P. Gehring C.M.
The Padre of Guadalcanal

The time is February, the year -- 1942, the place -- somewhere in the South
Pacific aboard the S.S. Kuala, an evacuation ship teeming with refugees,
mostly children, left homeless by the rvages of the Japanese -American War;
fleeing Singapore, which was then just days away from capture by the armies
of the Imperial Emperor. Suddenly, a series of blinding flashes and
deafening roars turned the world upside down. For a few agonizing minutes,
the waters are filled with thousands of screaming, crying children fighting
for their lives clutching whatever pieces of bomb-splintered wreckage they
can. For most of the children it is life's end. For at least one it is a
beginning. The beginning of a most dramatic, inspiring, miraculous story of
faith and love to emerge from this war. It is the birth of Patsy Li. A birth
that is to touch many lives. Illustrated with B&W photos. Laid in is a
reprint of a Reader's Digest article about the author.

Jeffries & Manz, Philadelphia PA, 1962, 305 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ½", black boards
with black cloth spine and gold lettering, dust jacket, upper page edges
orange, illustrated.

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Auction closes 12/10/03.