CHILDREN UNDER COMMUNISM. VERSION OF THE RUSSIAN "THE LITTLE LAME WALTER".

Saloff-Astakhoff, N.I.

Published by Self-published, New York, 1931

About this Item

78 pp, 7 1/2" H. The author relates a fictional story of an orphanage in the beginning years of communist Russia. Formerly a haven of Christian values, love, and physical comfort, it deteriorates to a place of persecution, misery, want and sin. Children who cling to their Christian faith are punished and starved, becoming young martyrs, while one, Lame Walter, survives and becomes a preacher. Chapter headings: Coming to the Orphanage; First Days in the Orphanage; The Communists' Attempt to Seize the Home; The Struggle for the Souls of the Children; In the Hands of the Communists; The Awakened Conscience; Walter's First Prayer; The Young Heroes of Faith; Persecuted for Jesus' Sake; Destruction of the Hiding Place; Better to Die for Jesus Than Steal; Trust in Jesus is Not in Vain; Unusual Refuge; The Run-Aways; Young Martyrs for the Faith; Last Days of the Orphanage; Deliverance; A Young Preacher. An interesting piece of early anti-Communist propaganda. Interior - a two crease bump to the top corner of the text block, a slight small crease at the fore-edge of the pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light browning to the edges of the text block, creases at the corners, a crease down the rear cover near the hinge, sun fading to the spine and hinges, very light general fading to the colour of the covers. Seller Inventory # 30813

Bibliographic Details

Title: CHILDREN UNDER COMMUNISM. VERSION OF THE ...

Publisher: Self-published, New York

Publication Date: 1931

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Signed: Not Signed

Edition: First Edition.