The Major and the Missionary: The Letters Of Warren Hamilton Lewis And Blanche Biggs

The Major and the Missionary: The Letters Of Warren Hamilton Lewis And Blanche Biggs

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Paperback – September 29, 2023

After the death of his brother, Warren Lewis lived at The Kilns in Oxford, edited his famous brother's letters, and did a little writing of his own. Then he got a letter from a stranger on the far side of the world. Over the years that followed, he and Blanche Biggs, a missionary in Papua New Guinea, shared a vibrant correspondence. These conversations encompassed their views on faith, their politics, their humor, the legacy of C. S. Lewis, and their own trials and longings. Their letters paint a colorful portrait that illuminates not only the particulars of distant times and places, but the intimate contours of a rare friendship.

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Diana Pavlac Glyer

Diana Pavlac Glyer is an award-winning writer, scholar, and artist. She is a leading expert on C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Inklings. Her book The Company They Keep changed the way we talk about these writers. Bandersnatch explains what we can learn from their example. Her latest book is The Major and the Missionary. Her scholarship, her teaching, and her work as an artist all circle back to one common theme: creativity thrives in community.

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ASIN: 1951872207
ISBN: 9781951872205
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After the death of his brother, Warren Lewis lived at The Kilns in Oxford, edited his famous brother’s letters, and did a little writing of his own. Then he got a letter from a stranger on the far side of the world. Over the years that followed, he and Blanche Biggs, a missionary in Papua New Guinea, shared a vibrant correspondence. These conversations encompassed their views on faith, their politics, their humor, the legacy of C. S. Lewis, and their own trials and longings. Their letters paint a colorful portrait that illuminates not only the particulars of distant times and places, but the intimate contours of a rare friendship.

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