Vignettes of a Wonderful Life!: The Amalgamated Autobiographies of Mary Maxine and Ralph Thomas Palmer
By Ralph Palmer
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Vignettes of a Wonderful Life is a true love story of the fascinating and exciting lifetimes of two Christians in love with each other and with God. It provides brief and often funny glimpses of the Palmers lives from adventures as children in the 1920sinvolving rattlesnakes, bears, and pumasto our present space age. It includes their romance and marriage, plus wryly humorous and profoundly difficult times during the Great Depression, military service in World War II, and mission work among Native Americans and Chinese immigrants, as well as time spent as overseas missionaries on the island of Jamaica and in Japan. Their stories include service as educators, speakers, pastoral ministers, executives in higher education, in regional work, and in the Disciples Mission Board.
Ralph Palmer
Ralph Palmer, arrived in Kenya at the age of twenty-one and went on to serve the Kenyatta government after independence. He now lives in his adopted country, has retired from the business scene, and spends his free time writing. Rough Justice, his fourth book, was nominated for the Dublin Literary Awards. His pleasure was in its writing. May you enjoy in its reading.
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