Mystic Sweet Communion Paperback - 1998

Set in turn-of-the-century Florida, this frontier saga traces the life of Ivy Cromartie Stranahan, the first English-speaking teacher in the region, as she struggles to teach school in the Seminole Nation and lead Indian families to Christ. Ivy is disliked by tribal leaders in spite of her obvious love for their children, yet she eventually overcomes their resistance and serves as their spokesman in negotiations with the U S government. Already scarred by her mother's tragic death in childbirth, Ivy overcomes her husband's suicide and other devastating disappointments to share her faith with her adopted people and eventually earn their love.In 1900, Ivy Cromartie Stranahan gives up a promising teaching career to join her husband at the remote New River trading post in south Florida - but she doesn't give up her love for learning or her passion for righting wrongs. In this remarkable story of God's faithfulness and one woman's commitment, Ivy becomes a friend to the Seminole people, their teacher of forbidden English and the Christian faith, and finally, their spokesperson in a time of turmoil. Like all of us who search for meaning, Ivy yearns to experience the power of faith, understand the limitation of human protection, and learn the importance of perseverance in caring for those we love. She finds them in Mystic Sweet Communion.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Details

• Title Mystic Sweet Communion
• Author Jane Kirkpatrick
• Binding Paperback
• Edition First Edition
• Pages 400
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Random House Publishing Group, Sisters, OR
• Date 1998-10-02
• Features Maps, Table of Contents
• ISBN 9781576732939 / 1576732932
• Weight 1.28 lbs (0.58 kg)
• Dimensions 9.02 x 6.03 x 1.03 in (22.91 x 15.32 x 2.62 cm)
• Themes
  • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Theometrics: Evangelical
• Library of Congress subjects Biographical fiction, Florida - Fiction
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 98030162
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC