Nothofagus, Puerto Harberton, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
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Captain Allen Gardiner of Patagonia

ByRob
Jesse Page, Captain Allen Gardiner of Patagonia

Today’s free book is a biography of Captain Allen Gardiner, whose work led to the founding of the South American Missionary Society (SAMS). My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation.

Jesse Page, Captain Allen Gardiner of Patagonia. London: Pickering & Inglis, n.d. Hbk. pp.183. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Contents

  • Preface
  1. The Dark Continent
  2. The Daybreak of Life
  3. In Quest of Dingarn
  4. Dangers of Forest and Flood
  5. The Ideas of the Heathen
  6. The Commotions of War
  7. The Dark Continent of the West
  8. The Indians of Chili
  9. Terra Del Fuégo and Bolivia
  10. The Martyrdom
  11. The Good Work Carried on

Image credit: Nothofagus, Puerto Harberton, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Source: Wikipedia

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