The Hidden Game of Football by Bob Carroll

The Hidden Game of Football by Bob Carroll

Introduction by Elisabeth Elliot New Introduction By Valerie Elliot Shepard The story of A Leopard Tamed is set in Nasir, a tiny village on the banks of the Sobat River in the Sudan. It reads like the story of another world, of another time--but it is very much of our world, our time. The author is an American missionary who lived with the Nuer tribe in Nasir for thirteen years. A Leopard Tamed is the vivid, exciting description of what those years were like for her. Eleanor became friendly with Kuac, a small boy whose burning ambition was to do the work of God. He proved invaluable in helping her. He taught her his language, which enabled her to translate the Bible for the Nuer people for the first time. After she discovered he was a born teacher, he even led Bible classes for her. Although Kuac is the central figure in this engrossing story, it is also the story of the whole Nuer tribe. This book stirs the reader with strange tribal customs--such as the brutal rites initiating young boys into manhood; a typical native wedding; detailed description of housing, cooking, child-bearing, and so on. The author transports us to a land that lies flat on its back, rolled out like a pie crustand crisscrossed with a network of footpaths linking village to village. The path is the highway in this land, covering hundreds and hundreds of miles, the imprint of a people who walk in order to communicate and who must communicate in order to live.

Bob Carroll is a skilled entertainer who has entertained thousands of people with his comic magic and ventriloquist show. In 1979, Bob set a Guinness World Record by delivering jokes for 24 hours straight. He's dabbled in almost every element of the entertainment industry.

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ISBN 13	9780446514149
ISBN 10	0446514144
Title	The Hidden Game of Football
Author	Bob Carroll
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Warner Books
Year published	1988-09-01
Number of pages	415
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