Lady on a Donkey

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. This book is subtitled "The story of Lillian Trasher and her 50 years of missionary work with the orphan children of Egypt." Trasher (1887-1961) was an American Christian missionary in Egypt. Born in Florida, she became a member of the Holiness-Pentacostal faith and worked in a Faith orphanage in her teens. Breaking off a marriage engagement, she decided that her purpose was to perform missionary work in Egypt. There she was influenced early on by the death of a mother who left a baby daughter with no one to care for her. Trasher determined to do so, and eventually established an orphanage in Assiout. Trasher worked with the orphan children of Egypt for 50 years, up until her death in 1961. The Lillian Trasher Orphanage continues in existence today, run by the Assemblies of God with support from various churches in Egypt. This biography of Trasher was published one year before her death. Octavo. Orange cloth-covered boards with blue title to spine. Gray dust jacket with title in orange to front and spine panels. Front board has a scratch near the bottom. Sunning to spine panel of dust jacket, and a rubbing and a small closed tear on jacket. Jacket is price-clipped. Endpapers are yellowed, but text block is bright and clean. Previous owner's name and address on front free endpaper. 224 pages. MIDEAST/6272.