Contents
List of Illustrations 000
Note to Reader 000
1. In Which Townsend Drops Out of College and Decides to Be a Missionary for
a Year, 18961917 000
2. In Which Townsend Shares His Faith, Battles Roman Catholics, and Learns
about Indians, 19171918 000
3. In Which the Reader Learns a Great Deal about Evangelicals and Faith
Missions, While Townsend Takes a Wife, Builds a Cornstalk House, and Meets
Some Important People, 19191921 000
4. In Which the Central American Mission Finds Trouble, Trouble Everywhere
and Dr. Becker Makes a Brief but Memorable Appearance, 19221924 000
5. In Which Council Members Sail to Guatemala to Save the Mission, Mrs.
Townsend Makes Some Practical Suggestions, and R. D. Smith Has Some Surprise
Visitors, 19251928
6. In Which Townsend Makes Everyone Nervous with Another Wild Idea and R. D.
Smith Has a Nightmare, 19291932 000
7. In Which Townsend Mixes Science with Faith, Writes an Audacious Letter,
and Recruits a Few Geniuses along with More Than a Few Girls, 19331945
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8. In Which Townsend Goes Pioneering, Makes Some Strange Bedfellows, and
Starts an Odd New Mission, 19351945 000
Epilogue: In Which Townsend Decides Catholics Are Okay After All and the
Reader Gets a Glimpse of the Future 000
Notes 000
Bibliography 000
Index 000
