Nothing Daunted: Isobel Kuhn [Paperback]

Gloria Repp (Author), Manda Cooper (Editor)

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About the Author

An editor once asked Mrs. Repp to write a flashcard story about her favorite missionary, and the choice was not hard to make. As a teen-ager she had cherished Isobel Kuhn's book By Searching, and like Isobel Kuhn, she had grown up in Vancouver, British Columbia, and attended a school in Chicago. As she studied Mrs. Kuhn's other books, she found them so fascinating that she decided to write a full-length book about the missionary's life and work.

Gloria Repp has written several books and short stories for children. She lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with her husband and family.

Product Details

• Paperback: 167 pages
• Publisher: JourneyForth (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890847533
• ISBN-13: 978-0890847534
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #591,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gloria Repp grew up in the Hawaiian Islands and the Pacific Northwest; it was there she learned a love for wilderness that pervades her writing. She has taught creative writing, worked as an editor, and written books for children, teens, and adults. In addition to wilderness adventures, she enjoys flying in single-engine airplanes and has a particular fondness for owls and frogs.

Each family member has played a unique part in the writing of her books. Her eldest son teaches on the Big Island of Hawaii, and she has made trips with him to lava tubes and Mauna Kea's volcano; she values his insights on the natural sciences and on godly scholarship.

With her Seattle son, daughter-in-law, and grandson, she shares an interest in people and music and journeys of discovery, especially on the Olympic Peninsula. She relies on them for a reality check of plot problems.

Her daughter, who lives in Virginia, is a competent resource in matters of sewing, baking, and midwifery. The two cats who have chosen to grace her daughter's apartment have sufficient character to appear in stories from time to time and often take part in book discussions.

At home, her husband, a pilot and aircraft mechanic, provides valuable input for the aviation elements in her books, entry to the fascinating New Jersey Pine Barrens, and a strong, supporting shoulder. Although she likes traveling to research her novels, she thinks that the best part of every journey is coming home.

Gloria says: "Come talk to me at www.gloriarepp.com"

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing Daunted, February 28, 2001

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Estelle (Broken Arrow ,Ok U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nothing Daunted: Isobel Kuhn (Paperback)

*NOTHING DAUNTED* was the best missionary biography I have ever read! It is the story of Isobel Kuhn's life. As you travel with Isobel through her challenging life before she became a Christian and then her triumph as she becomes a new person in Christ you learn the same lessons Isobel is learning-the easy way! Then you go to China with Isobel. What an exciting adventure! You will be thrilled as you see God's hand work through her life-especially if you are thinking about being a missionary! I would strongly recemend this to everyone!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Wrong book, July 6, 2011

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Hal Cowart (Tucson, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nothing Daunted: Isobel Kuhn (Paperback)

This is not a review but a chance to say I intended to order "Nothing Daunted" by Dorothy Wickenden but somehow received the one by Isobel Kuhn which I am not interested to read. Hal Cowart

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing Daunted, August 25, 2011

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tall mom - See all my reviews

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I heard about the book on NPR but the story line was not exactly the same as discussed on the show. I read it anyway and the heavy Christian bible belting in it was a turn off. Missionaries trying to turn people into Christians who have for centuries followed religious practices that fit their culture and lifestyle just doesn't sit right. A couple so religious that they sent their only young child away to school in favor of working as a missionary was irritating. I'm a family first person and they failed in my book to take care of the child before their "calling."