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Good. edges discolored a few cover spots and edge dents. light creases and bend marks on top pf back cover and last pages. a few page corners folded. no marks on text. 90 pages, 8 1/4" x 5 1/2" Giant waves and fierce winds tossed the small wooden ship off course. On board a group of missionaries thought they would never reach shore. But the priests prayed, the winds calmed and the long journey across the Atlantic ended safely in Mexico. Among the missionaries was Father Junipero Serra, who holds a unique place in American history as well as in the Roman Catholic Church. Father Serra's long journey began on a little island off the coast of Spain where he was born. At sixteen, Miguel Serra, as he was called then, was less than five feet tall an had difficulty convincing anyone that he was old enough to study for the priesthood. But Father Serra soon proved that his appearance was not a measure of his strength or courage. In 1749 he volunteered to sail to the New World and teach the native American about God. Father Junipero Serra's quiet courage and strong faith enabled him to cut a highway through the wilderness that was California and build a string of nine missions that stand today. While the Americans were fighting the Revolutionary Was on the east coast, Father Serra helped settle the west. Young readers, ages 9-11, will enjoy and treasure this biography of a brave Spanish priest, and the story might well have an appeal for adults, since with Beatification in the Fall of 1988, Father Serra is one a step away from sainthood.
