The Bamboo Cross <subTitle>The Witness of Christian Martyrs in the Communist-Ridden Jungles of Viet Nam</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Dowdy, Homer E.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">5:3</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Harper & Row</publisher> <dateIssued>1964</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>239tr.</extent> <extent>hardcover, illustration, photos</extent> <extent>21 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>The book about American missionaries caught up in the invasion of Vietnam by Red Army guerrillas. Two tribesmen converted to Christianity in their youth traveled extensively, rousing the people against the Communists and encouraging tribes people to convert to Christianity. This book is about the rise of religious faith in an unlikely setting, with the forces of sorcery and Communist threats, violence and war all around.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Homer E. Dowdy</note> <subject> <topic>Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Missions</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Missions -- Vietnam -- History</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">275.597</classification> <classification authority="ddc">D745-H77</classification> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16631/10.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16631/10.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2025-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071624.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>