The Savage My Kinsman (1961) tells of Elisabeth’s years working with the Aucas/Waorani after Jim’s death. This and his journals were prime reading material among many students when I was in college. The Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot (1958) is her biography of Jim. The Journals of Jim Elliot (1978) are, as the title says, the journals of her first husband, Jim, with some notes by Elisabeth here and there. This book started me on the path of reading missionary biographies and reading Elisabeth Elliot. Through Gates of Splendor (1957) was her first, in which she told the story of her husband and the four other missionaries who were killed by the Auca (now known as Waorani) Indians in the 1950s. I am using the original publication dates where I can find them: many of them have been reprinted multiple times, some with an update from Elisabeth in them, so on Amazon or other places the more recent date they show is that of the reprint. I’ve also had a few comments from people who had never heard of her or didn’t know much about her, so I thought a book list would be a good idea. I hope that someone will put all the pieces together in a biography of her someday soon. I think all of her books are autobiographical to a degree, though there is not any one that tells her whole life story. Someone commented early on in this series that I should list some of Elisabeth’s books, particularly those that are autobiographical.
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