Sinking the Dayspring
Subtitle: John G. Paton
By: by Dave & Neta Jackson ; illustrated by Anne Gavitt.
Contributors: Jackson, Neta.; Gavitt, Anne, ill.
Series: Trailblazer books
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Paton, John Gibson, 1824-1907 -- Juvenile fiction.; Paton, John Gibson, 1824-1907 -- Fiction.; Missions -- Vanuatu -- Juvenile fiction.; Missionaries -- Fiction.; Missions -- Vanuatu -- Fiction.; Slave trade -- Fiction.; Christian life -- Fiction.; Orphans -- Fiction.; Islands of the Pacific -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: In 1866, a fourteen-year-old orphan reluctantly joins the crew of a missionary ship leaving Australia, but when a hurricane strands him on a South Sea island and he is captured by slave traders, he finds the courage to trust in God.
Notes: "The experiences of missionary John G. Paton, Captain Fraser, and the Dayspring are true except for a few details."--T.p. verso.