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189 pp.
| Eerdmans
| October, 2008
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8028-5346-2$16.50 New ed. (1994)
(3)
YA
Illustrated by
Barry Moser.
Schmidt's interpretation of John Bunyan's seventeenth-century Christian allegory is as much a story about dedication and perseverance as it is about faith. The skillful retelling manages to create a sense of wonder without heavy-handed moralizing. Moser's richly evocative watercolors depict the pilgrim Christian, those he meets, and trials he encounters. This new edition is a small-format version of Schmidt's 1994 retelling.