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| Bruchko: The Astonishing True Story of a 19-Year-Old American, His Capture by the Motilone Indians and His Adventures in Christianizing the Stone Age Tribe | 
 enlarge | Author: Bruce Olson
Publisher: Charisma House
Category: Book
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 22218
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 5.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 159185993X
Dewey Decimal Number: 262
EAN: 9781591859932
ASIN: 159185993X
Publication Date: August 8, 2006
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Condition: Slight wear on book from reading. Ink marks on a few edge pages. Text is clean. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dust jacket if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear; pages can include limited notes and highlighting. Goodwill Industries of Greater Grand Rapids, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to changing lives through the power of work. The organization offers a wide range of employment and training programs free of charge to assist those with disabilities and other barriers to employment.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not a good story for a South American Indian November 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is not a good book. This Bruchko character ruined the Motilones Indians lives in Colombia to build up his own ego under the guise of helping spread Christianity. Maybe he thought he was doing a good thing, but really all he did was try and assimilate a people in a culture they wanted nothing to do with. He should have left them alone. My Grandmother, a Motilon Indian, and I do not recommend this book except to show how European explorers, and missionaries have helped to ruin countless cultures by trying to "help" them to not be "savages".
Bruchko October 24, 2008
This book is amazing...This is a perfect book for anyone that wants to see how the power of God works...Read it...
Bruchko August 19, 2008
One of my all-time favorites. This is the second copy purchased. Never got the other returned.
True life faith adventure August 2, 2008
27 years ago my English teacher at a private international boarding school in Malaysia read this book to me in class. Wow! A dramatic, exciting, story about a true adventure that includes that angst of a Christian trying to understand and do what he believes God wants him to; including leaving home and being a missionary at 19!
The author writes well and the reader can feel Bruchko's emotions, smell the humid jungle and the unwashed bodies sleeping in hammocks in smoky huts. You live the adventure with the writer and Bruce Olsen helps you reflect on your own journey of faith as you observe, through reading, Bruce's personal pilgrimage and adventure.
I have read this book several times and am now reading it to my own students at the international boarding school I currently teach at in Korea.
If you have ANY interest in missions or young people or Christian faith or adventure (or any combination of these) then buy and read this book. Well written, exciting to read; enjoy it!
awesome book June 16, 2008
Even though I haven't gotten a chance to read this book since it arrived a week ago, I'm giving it 5 stars because my husband got a hold of it first and read it before me and absolutely loved it, and now I've ordered the next book for him. My son now has the book, so I'm not sure when I'll actually get to read it myself, but I'm looking forward to reading about how Bruchko - Bruce Olson - trusted God with everything. What an encouragement, and what a challenge!
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