A useful book for those wanting an overview about specific missions/missionaries. Each chapter is between 5-10 pages giving a brief summary. I would use this book to determine which biographies to buy for a more in depth study rather than as an enjoyable read by itself. It's more of a reference book.

The missionaries documented are; John Eliot, Hans Egede, David Brainerd, Christian Schwartz, Thomas Coke, William Carey, Samuel Marsden, Henry Martyn, Robert Morrison, Adoniram Judson, John Williams, Allen Gardiner, Robert Moffat, J.G.Oncken, W.C.Burns, David Livingstone, F.W.Baedeker, John Paton, Hudson Taylor, Griffith John, Mary Slessor, David Baron, Jonathan Goforth, C.T.Studd, J.O.Fraser, Amy Carmichael, Samuel Zwemer, Isobel Kuhn, Ida Scudder, Gladys Aylward, Jim Elliot, Cameron Townsend and Clarence Jones. ( )