ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Annotated Bibliography of Memoirs, Biographies, Historical Accounts, Travelogues, and Reflections about Pakistan 

Written by Christian missionaries serving in Pakistan and their children

This Annotated Bibliography was initially compiled, annotated, and amended by Dr. Jonathan S. Addleton, a member of the MCS Class of 1975, and advisor to the PFI Director. This list benefited from the input of others and remains a work-in-progress. 

The Pakistan Fellowship International is grateful to be able to use and share this asset, because it includes most of the recorded stories, written by our community, which we want to preserve, share, and pass on to the next generations. Where available, we've provided links to sites where books can be ordered. Let’s read, share and keep adding more stories.

Update (June 2023): We have added publications on Islam, by Dan Brown, PhD, after the publications about Pakistan.

NOTE: Contact pietschsusie@gmail.com about suggested corrections and additions.

1) Adamson, Jessie,
Stella: The story of Stella Jane Reekie, 1922-1982
(South Park, 1984) (from Amazon)
The story of a young girl who first trained as a nursery nurse then joined the Red Cross during the war working in rehabilitation work in post-war Germany. During the early fifties she received training at St Colm's College in Edinburgh and served for 18 (1949-1969) years as a missionary in Pakistan before returning to be a Deaconess amongst Asian families in Glasgow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Jane_Reekie
https://www.amazon.com/Stella-story-Jane-Reekie-1922-1982/dp/095096090X

2) Addleton, Bettie Rose,
The Day the Chicken Cackled: Reflections on a Life in Pakistan
(Bloomington, IN: Crossbooks, 2009)
A memoir covering more than three decades of life and work in Pakistan, written by a former Conservative Baptist and Southern Baptist missionary to Pakistan.
https://www.amazon.com/Day-Chicken-Cackled-Reflections-Pakistan/dp/1615070877
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/8262442-the-day-the-chicken-cackled

3) Addleton, Hubert F.,
Memories of Ben Hill Drive: A Southern Story
(South Hadley, MA: Doorlight Publications, 2019)
While focused mostly on a childhood spent in rural Middle Georgia, this memoir also includes a chapter on the author’s work as a missionary in Sindh province in southern Pakistan.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48986980-memories-of-ben-hill-drive
https://www.amazon.com/Memories-Ben-Hill-Drive-Southern/dp/0998223344

4) Addleton, Jonathan S.,
Some Far and Distant Place
(Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1997)
The son of Hubert and Bettie Addleton, this memoir covers the first eighteen years of the author’s life, almost all of them spent in Pakistan.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/some-far-and-distant-place-jonathan-s-addleton/1021395929
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/some-far-and-distant-place-muslim-christian-encounters-through-the-eyes-of-a-child_jonathan-s-addleton/893438/#edition=57877608&idiq=46380366

5) Alter, Martha Payne,
Letters from India to America, 1916-1951
(Mussoorie, India: Privately published, 2006)
Described as the letters of a “District Missionary,” this edited collection, organized by Ellen and Bob Alter, provides a detailed account of the work of Martha Payne Alter and her husband David Alter who served for 34 years as United Presbyterian missionaries in what is now Pakistan, focusing mainly on Sialkot and Jhelum.
https://biblio.co.uk/book/letters-india-america-1916-51-1916/d/724324816
https://www.abebooks.com/Letters-India-America-1916-51-1916-1951-Alter/12890592115/bd

6) Alter, Stephen,
Amritsar to Lahore: A Journey Across the India-Pakistan Border
(Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2001)
This prolific missionary kid author who grew up in India and writes mostly about that country turns his attention toward Pakistan, describing his journey along the Grand Trunk Road from Lahore to Peshawar, with a side trip to Murree.
https://books.google.com/books/about/Amritsar_to_Lahore.html?id=kbstDwAAQBAJ
https://www.amazon.com/Amritsar-Lahore-Journey-Across-India-Pakistan/dp/0812217438

7) Anderson, Emma Dean and Mary Jane Campbell,
In the Shadow of the Himalayas
(Philadelphia: United Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions and Pittsburgh: Women’s General Missionary Society, 1942)
A comprehensive account of United Presbyterian work in Punjab covering the years 1855-1940, written by two female missionaries who spent most of their adult lives working in the region.
https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Himalayas-Emma-Campbell-Anderson/dp/B000O3GARU
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000704376
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book//lookupid?key=ha000704376

8) Anderson, J.D.C., and P. S. Hover,
If Any Thirst
(London: Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship, n.d.)
The story of the Christian Caravan Hospital in eastern Sindh and its spiritual and physical impact on the local population. This book is compiled from reports sent by Drs. Anderson and Hover and goes up to the 1960s. (Up until 2015 a couple of the trailers were still on the Audio-Visual Centre site in Rattanabad.)
https://www.worldcat.org/formats-editions/14600533

9) Anderson, William B. and Charles R. Watson,
Far North in India
(Philadelphia: Board of Foreign Missions of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1909)
A personal history written by two missionaries of the United Presbyterian Church who served in Punjab for many years, beginning with the establishment of the Sialkot Mission in 1855.
https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Far-North-India-William-Anderson-Charles/1321069944/bd
https://www.amazon.com/Far-north-India-William-Anderson/dp/5518798954

10) Babbage, Michael Frances,
On The Way
(Audiobooks, Release Date Jan 22, 2021, Sydney, New South Wales, Available on Audible)
An account by an Australian Doctor, Dr. Michael Babbage, of the Lord’s work primarily in Yemen but also in Pakistan. Dr. Babbage’s story of being led, protected, and provided for, together with his family in their missionary travels to Yemen and Pakistan makes gripping listening.
https://www.audible.com/pd/On-the-Way-Audiobook/B08TRB38T9
https://www.amazon.com/Way-Australian-Doctor-Yemen-Pakistan/dp/0646816985
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54419380-on-the-way

11) Barclay, Pauline,
Eyes on the Khyber and Other Travels with Alec
(Stoke-on-Trent, UK: Tentmaker Publications, 2006)
Universally known as “Alec,” this is the story of Dr. Alexander Barclay’s medical work as a missionary serving in both Pakistan and Afghanistan; it includes references to Murree, Nathia Gali, Shikarpur, Peshawar and the Khyber Pass, among other places.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eyes-Khyber-other-travels-Alec/dp/B00C4SNKP8

12) Bavington, Daniel Allen,
Where Am I From? My Life Story
(Self-published, 2021)
Dan Bavington was born in the remote village of Shigar a few miles north of Skardu in Baltistan where his parents served as missionaries. Places from his early childhood included Murree, Srinagar and Lahore. Following his education in Switzerland and England, he returned to Pakistan where he later founded Zor Engineers, playing a key role in renovating or building numerous hospitals, schools and churches across Pakistan

13) Bavington, Ruth,
The Turtle Tops Experience
(Karachi: Firdous Printing Press, 1993)
A transcription of the log book of the Turtle Tops beach hut from 1980-1987 complete with visitors’ hand-drawn illustrations.

14) Brown, Pauline A.,
Cat Tales: The Adventures of an Old Black Cat and her Family
(South Hadley, MA: Doorlight Publications, 2013)
Written for children, this narrative covers the life of an adventurous cat belonging to the Brown family, long-time Conservative Baptist missionaries in Pakistan, ranging in locations from Murree to Lahore to Hyderabad.
https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Tales-Pauline-Brown/dp/0983865329

15) Brown, Pauline A.,
Jars of Clay: Ordinary Christians on an Extraordinary Mission in Southern Pakistan
(South Hadley, MA: Doorlight Publications, 2006)
This book includes personal stories while also relating the history of Conservative Baptist missionary work in Pakistan, beginning in 1954 and primarily focused on Sindh province.  

https://www.amazon.com/Jars-Clay-Ordinary-Christians-extraordinary/dp/0977837203
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/jars-of-clay-pauline-a-brown/1137300795

16) Brown, Ralph E.,
A Blessed Big Day: Collected Christmas Poems
(South Hadley, MA: Doorlight Publications, 2011
Conservative Baptist missionary Ralph Brown, author of the Murree Christian School song, marked each Christmas with a new poem, many of them such as “Christmas in Hyderabad,” “Christmas in Larkana” and a “Big Day in Pakistan” directly related to Pakistan.
https://www.awesomebooks.com/index.php/book/9780977837298/a-blessed-big-day
https://www.bookdepository.com/Blessed-Big-Day-Ralph-E-Brown/9780977837298
https://www.amazon.com/Blessed-Big-Day-Collected-Christmas/dp/0977837297

17) Carden, John,
Empty Shoes: A Way into Pakistan
(London: Highway Press, 1971)
Very personal reflections on Pakistan, written by a Church Missionary Society missionary from Britain who was closely associated with Pakistan during the 1950s and 1960s and later served as CMS Secretary for Asia, based in Lahore.
https://www.biblio.com/book/empty-shoes-way-pakistan-john-carden/d/1383428194
https://www.amazon.com/Empty-Shoes-Pakistan-John-Carden/dp/0852730101

18) Christiansen, Edna,
His Hand On Us
(Self-published, undated)
This privately published book recounts the life journey of Jack and Edna Christiansen and includes a number of references to their service as Conservative Baptist missionaries in Upper Sindh during the late 1950s and early 1960s. 

19) Davidson, Catherine I.,
A Round Dozen: True Stories of Sindhi Children
(London: Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, 1917)
Thirteen stories each telling of one child from the orphanage run by CEZMS in Karachi in the early 20th century. Black and white photographs.
https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Round_Dozen.html?id=tiafwgEACAAJ
https://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=XCEZ%2FG%2FE%2FL%2F1%2F6%2F87

20) Davidson, Flora M.,
Hidden Highway, Experiences on the Northwest Frontier of India
(New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1948)
Samuel Zwemer’s introduction describes that “these pages tell of great faith and bold adventure and patient endurance. The author mentions other pioneers who in the previous four decades (1900-1940) have endured as seeing the invisible – Doctor Mary Holst of Mardan, Dr. Pennell of Bannu, the Swedish missionaries of Central Asia, and more.” The stories recorded in this book have been selected as typical of life on the Northwest Frontier of India.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Highway-experiences-Northwest-Frontier-introduction/dp/B000WVG4KW
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Flora-Marion-Davidson/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3AFlora+Marion+Davidson

21) DeHart, Joel,
The Upper Hand: God’s Sovereignty in Afghan Captivity
(Islamabad: Privately printed, 1994)
A memoir of the author’s captivity in a remote part of Afghanistan as related by a missionary kid who grew up in Pakistan.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12470564-the-upper-hand
https://www.amazon.com/upper-hand-sovereignty-Afghan-captivity/dp/B0006F7G5Q

22) Entwistle, Stewart,
Filled With Compassion
(Privately Printed, 2014)
A history of the Zenana Christian Hospital in Sukkur, drawing on personal accounts by a number of the missionaries from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere who served there.
https://www.worldcat.org/title/895179120

23) Entwistle, Stewart,
Diary of a Miracle
(Privately Printed, 2014)
A brief but inspiring account of the events surrounding the miraculous recovery by Church Missionary medical doctor Jocelyn Williams from a coma during a severe attack of hepatitis in 1978, followed by care at Shikarpur Christian hospital in northern Sindh.
https://www.worldcat.org/title/865079100

24) Fife, Eric:
Against the Clock: The Story of Ray Buker, Olympic Runner and Missionary Statesman
(Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1981)
This book is a biography of Ray Buker, Sr., father of Conservative Baptist missionary to Pakistan Ray Buker, Jr.; although Pakistan only figures briefly in the book, it provides a fascinating glimpse of the Senior Buker's missionary work in Burma; his brief career as a runner in the 1924 Olympics in Paris where he met the Scottish runner Eric Liddell, himself a missionary kid from China; and interesting background on the 20th century missionary movement that inspired many young people to devote their lives to service in places like Burma, Pakistan and elsewhere.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1732587.Against_The_Clock
https://www.amazon.com/Against-clock-Olympic-missionary-statesman/dp/0310243513

25) Gardner, Marilyn (Brown),
Worlds Apart: A Third Culture Kid’s Journey
(South Hadley, MA: Doorlight Publications, 2018)
Reflections on a missionary kid childhood in Pakistan, written by the daughter of longtime Conservative Baptist missionaries Ralph and Polly Brown.
https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Apart-Third-Culture-Journey/dp/0998223328
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/39014631-worlds-apart
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/worlds-apart-marilyn-r-gardner/1128101845

26) Gardner, Marilyn (Brown),
Between Worlds: Essays on Culture and Belonging
(South Hadley, MA: Doorlight Publications, 2014)
Reflections on a missionary kid childhood in Pakistan, written by the daughter of longtime Conservative Baptist missionaries to Pakistan Ralph and Polly Brown.
https://www.amazon.com/Between-Worlds-Essays-Culture-Belonging-ebook/dp/B00SW08NJ0
https://www.missiontools.org/resources/between-worlds-essays-and-culture-and-belonging-by-marilyn-r-gardner/

27) Gardner, Marilyn (Brown),
Passages Through Pakistan: An American Girl’s Journey of Faith
(South Hadley, Doorlight Publications, 2017)
Reflections on a missionary kid childhood in Pakistan, written by the daughter of longtime Conservative Baptist missionaries to Pakistan Ralph and Polly Brown.
https://www.amazon.com/Passages-Through-Pakistan-American-Journey/dp/0983865396
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35513183-passages-through-pakistan

28) Gordon, Andrew,
Our India Missions: A Thirty Year's History of the India Mission of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, Together with Personal Reminiscences
(Philadelphia, US: Andrew Gordon, 1886)
Describes ministry in North India including what is now Pakistani Punjab. Covers the beginnings of the people movement among the Chuhras which is the source of 95% of the Christians in Pakistan today.
https://www.amazon.com/Our-India-Missions-Presbyterian-Reminiscences/dp/0342268775
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/our-india-missions-a-thirty-years-history-of-the-india-mission-of-the-united-presbyterian-church-of-north-america-together-with-personal-reminiscences_andrew-gordon/19866019/#edition=21131925&idiq=30378620

29) Green, Dora,
While It Is Day: The life and work of Donald Harper of Sindh 1879-1926
(Oxford: The Amate Press, 1981)
A memoir written by Harper’s daughter using his own records, reports and the Hyderabad Mission Record Book. Foreword by Fred Stock. Harper served in the dioceses of Hyderabad and the desert of Thar.

30) Gosling, David L.,
Frontier of Fear: Confronting the Taliban on Pakistan's Border
(London: Radcliffe Press, 2016)
David Gosling served as principal of Edwardes College in Peshawar between 2006 and 2010, a momentous time in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. This book provides a detailed account of those very challenging years, providing insights into Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (formerly the Northwest Frontier) with a special emphasis on higher education (including female higher education) during a time of both conflict and uncertainty.
https://www.amazon.com/Frontier-Fear-Confronting-Taliban-Pakistans/dp/1784534684
https://www.vanguardbooks.com/browsetitle.php?isbn=9781784534684&subject=

31) Haskell, Charles W.,
A Sinner in Sindh
(Wellington, NZ: Wright and Carmen, 1957)
Served with NZCMS in Sindh. Describes his time of ministry in Karachi and Sindh. Haskell also wrote a grammar of the Sindhi language. He left in 1955 to become the General Secretary of the NZ Anglican Board of Missions.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/28452016-a-sinner-in-sind

32) Holland, Henry,
Frontier Doctor: The Autobiography of Sir Henry Holland
(London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1958)
A fascinating and well written first-hand account, written by the famed British doctor from the Church Missionary Society who spent fifty years working along the northwest frontier of what was then British India, focused, in particular, on Quetta and Baluchistan more broadly.
https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/frontier-doctor-an-autobiography/author/holland-henry/

https://badgerbooks.com.au/book/16229-frontier-doctor

33) Irwin, Phyllis,
Doctor Memsaab: Stories of a Medical Missionary Mom
(Noblesville, IN: Privately published, 2005)
Missionary doctor Phyllis Irwin served at Bach Hospital in Mansehra for more than three decades, accumulating a lifetime of stories that are provided in this book.
https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Memsaab-Stories-Medical-Missionary/dp/1452025398
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Dr-Memsaab-Stories-of-a-Medical-Missionary-Mom-Paperback-9781452025384/23959844

34) Irwin, Russ,
The Peanut Butter Man
(Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing, 2010)
TEAM missionary Russ Irwin who worked out of Bach Hospital in Mansehra for 35 years describes the life of Mehmood Shah Qureshi (1923-1999), accompanied by reflections on serving as a missionary in Pakistan during the 1950s, 1960s and beyond.
https://www.amazon.com/Peanut-Butter-Man-Russ-Irwin/dp/1615667261

35) Jamison, Jeannetta,
The Land of Kim
(Lahore: MIK Press, 1970)
This travelogue, written by the mother of United Presbyterian missionary Rowena Tebbe, recounts the four months that she spent in Rawalpindi in 1954, living with the Tebbe family and visiting parts of both India and Pakistan. 

36) Joiner, Barbara,
Gloria: A Biography of Gloria Thurman, Missionary to Bangladesh
(Birmingham, AL: Women’s Missionary Union, 1993)
Set mostly in what is now Bangladesh, this biography describes the work of Gloria Thurman, a Southern Baptist missionary who arrived in that country when it was still known as East Pakistan.
https://www.abebooks.com/signed/Gloria-Biography-Thurman-Missionary-Bangladesh-Barbara/16118061058/bd

37) Lock, Grant,
Shoot Me First: A Cattleman in Taliban Country
(Victoria, Australia: Broad Continent Publishing, 2011)
Grant and Janna served in Mithi, Tharparkar, Sindh and in Afghanistan. Lock tells stories of his time in the two countries and his interaction with the people he lived and worked with.
https://www.amazon.com/Shoot-Me-First-Grant-Lock/dp/0980526493

38) MacLeod, Judith,
Women's Union Missionary Society: The Story of a Continuing Mission
(Interserve, 1999)
History of the Women's Union Missionary Society, including its merger with the Bible and Medical Missionary Society in 1974 to form the International Service Fellowship (InterServe).
https://www.abebooks.com/9780967516806/Womens-Union-Missionary-Society-Story-0967516803/plp

39) Makower, Katherine,
Widening Horizons: The Story of InterServe
(London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1993)
From worldcat.org: The history of Interserve, from its centenary in 1952 to the present day, is presented in a celebration of the work of this long-standing missionary society, looking at its increasing emphasis on co-operative ventures.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Widening-horizons-the-story-of-INTERSERVE-by-Katharine-Makower-Paperback-/383624865500

40) Malik, Simon J.,
Fifteen Minutes of Terror
(Murree, Pakistan: Grace Publishers, 2012)
A long-time administrator at Murree Christian School, Simon Malik provides an eyewitness account of the terrorist attack on the school serving the children of missionaries in Pakistan that took place on August 5, 2002. This is a follow-up to “Angels in the Rafters.” 

41) McKinley, Jim,
Death to Life in Bangladesh
(Dacca: Immanuel Baptist Church, 1979)
The dramatic story of an American missionary family and their experience in East Pakistan during the 1971 war between India and Pakistan that resulted in the birth of Bangladesh.
https://www.amazon.com/Death-life-Bangladesh-experienced-missionary/dp/B0006X66TA

42) Moore, Elsie,
Midwife in Pakistan
(Opal Trust, 2019)
Elsie Moore was born in Scotland. She trained as a nurse and midwife before going out to serve in Pakistan as a medical missionary. Most of her time there was spent in the Women's Christian Hospital in the city of Multan and in this book she shares stories and anecdotes of her life and work there. It is also an account of the service of many of her colleagues and how God worked through them to establish His church in Pakistan.
https://www.ritchiechristianmedia.co.uk/product/midwife-pakistan
https://books.google.com/books/about/Midwife_in_Pakistan.html?id=l7tizQEACAAJ

43) Morton, Susan, ed.,
Angels in the Rafters: Reflections from the MCS Community Following the Attack on Monday, 5 August 2002
(Privately published by Murree Christian School, 2002)
A compilation of multiple accounts related to the terrorist attack on Murree Christian School that took place on August 5, 2002.
https://books.google.com/books/about/Angels_in_the_Rafters.html?id=31heewAACAAJ

44) Old, Kenneth G.,
A Boy and His Lunch
(Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing, 2006)
More biographical reflections from Ken Old, the prolific United Presbyterian missionary details who records his many connections with Pakistan over the years.
https://www.amazon.com/Boy-His-Lunch-Kenneth-Old/dp/1598865722
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10371609-a-boy-his-lunch

45) Old, Kenneth G.,
Footprints in the Dust: A Journey of Poems
(Sellindge, UK: Privately Published, 2006)
A comprehensive selection of poems by United Presbyterian missionary Ken Old, many of them inspired by his time in Pakistan; this volume builds on earlier editions, published under the same title in 1986 (Gujranwala: Society for Community Development) and 2005 (Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing)
https://yorkshirepublishing.com/shop/footprints-in-the-dust-a-journey-of-poems/
https://www.amazon.com/Footprints-Dust-Journey-Kenneth-Old/dp/194782550X

46) Old, Kenneth G.,
Roses for a Stranger: The Not-So-Quiet Life of a Quiet American in Pakistan and Other Places
(Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing, 2006)
A memoir covering the remarkable life of Ken Old, long-time United Presbyterian missionary, whose career in that country started with the birth of that country in 1947.
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/roses-for-a-stranger-the-not-so-quiet-life-of-a-quiet-american-in-pakistan-and-other-places_kenneth-g-old/2799791/#edition=5506893

47) Old, Kenneth G.,
So Great a Cloud: Journeys of Faith and Courage in South Asia
(Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing, 2005)
United Presbyterian missionary Ken Old provides brief biographies of a number of inspiring Christians from both India and Pakistan over the years.
https://www.amazon.com/So-Great-Cloud-Journeys-Courage/dp/1947825585
https://yorkshirepublishing.com/shop/so-great-a-cloud-journeys-of-faith-and-courage-in-south-asia/

48) Old, Kenneth G.,
Walking the Way: A Journey in Pakistan – with a Difference!
(Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing, 2005)
also
Walking the Way
(Yorkshire Publishing, Feb 19 2018)
A series of vignettes and recollections of people from the life of Presbyterian missionary Ken Old, most of them set in Punjab. A glimpse into the challenges a Christian faces as he lives out his faith positively and creatively in an Islamic culture.
https://www.biblio.com/book/walking-way-journey-pakistan-difference-old/d/1328220747
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11487232-walking-the-way
https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Way-Kenneth-G-Old/dp/1948282224

49) Old, Kenneth G.,
Was That You, God?
(Lahore: MIK Press, 1972)
An early selection of poems by United Presbyterian missionary Ken Old, some of them inspired by his time in Pakistan 

50) Olsen, Viggo,
Daktar Diplomat in Bangladesh
(Chicago: Moody Press, 1973)
Vivid details on the 1971 war between India and Pakistan, written by an ABWE missionary doctor who served in both East Pakistan (as it was then called) and Bangladesh.
https://www.amazon.com/Daktar-Diplomat-Bangladesh-Viggo-Olsen/dp/0802417450
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/456475.Daktar

51) Pennell, Theodore Leighton,
Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier
(London: Seeley & Company, 1909)
A fascinating account of British medical doctor and missionary’s sixteen years in British India’s Northwest Frontier Province where he was assigned to a mission station and hospital in Bannu.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32231 [links to free versions]
https://www.amazon.com/Among-Wild-Tribes-Afghan-Frontier/dp/1494493632

52) Pietsch, Karen H.,
The Mosaic of TEAM in Pakistan
(PanGraphics, Rawalpindi: The Evangelical Alliance Mission, 1992)
Written by missionary Karen H. Pietsch about the first 25 years of The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) in Pakistan (1946 to 1971) and covers the region of Taxila, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Murree and other parts of the country.
https://www.amazon.com/-/zh_TW/Karen-H-Pietsch/dp/B002PTXRTK

53) Pressley, Sarah H.,
The Morning Story is Mine
(New York: Vantage Press, 1976)
A brief but touching reflection by Sarah Pressley on her husband Dr. Frank Pressley, both of whom served for many years as Associate Reformed Presbyterian missionaries in Montgomery (later Sahiwal).

54) Proctor, John G.R.,
Memories Remaining and Other Poems of Pakistan: An Anthology
(Lahore: Ferozsons, 2013)
Those who appreciate the poetry of Ken Old will love this volume, devoted exclusively to poems about Pakistan, most but not all of them written by John Proctor, a long-time educationist whose children attended MCS.
https://ferozsons.com.pk/product/memories-remaining-and-other-poems-of-pakistan/

55) Purves, Jock,
The Unlisted Legion: Part of Its Witness in the Karakoram and the Khyber
(Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1977)
Recounts travels and experiences in Baltistan and other remote parts of what is now Pakistan during 1926-1930, as recalled by a pioneering World Evangelization Crusade missionary who was made a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 1931. 

https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Unlisted_Legion_Part_of_Its_Witness.html?id=k3AaAAAAMAAJ
https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Unlisted-Legion-Part-Witness-Karakoram-Khyber/18269245375/bd

56) Salim, M., ed.,
To Light a Candle: Reminiscences and Reflections of Dr. Ruth Pfau
(Islamabad: National Book Foundation, 1987)
An inspiring collection of reflections by Dr. Ruth Pfau, the German missionary doctor who devoted her life to the service of leprosy patients in Karachi and elsewhere.
https://books.google.com/books/about/To_Light_a_Candle.html?id=tQDbAAAAMAAJ

57) Schlorholtz, Alfred and Peggy,
Something to Share: Our Enduring Love Story
(Kindle edition only)
The endearing story of Al and Peggy Schlorholtz who first met in high school in Iowa and spent most of their working lives as missionaries, first to Pakistan and later to Nepal.
https://www.abebooks.com/Share-enduring-love-story-Peggy-Schlorholtz/30156074112/bd
https://www.amazon.com/Something-Share-enduring-love-story/dp/0615426700

58) Seaman, Paul Asbury,
Paper Airplanes in the Himalayas: The Unfinished Path Home
(Cross Cultural Publications, 1997)
Paul Seaman, the son of Methodist missionaries in Pakistan, recalls his childhood, especially his years at Murree Christian School.
https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Airplanes-Himalayas-Unfinished-Wider/dp/0940121441

59) Seaman, Paul Asbury, ed.,
Far Above the Plain
(Pasadena, CA: William Carey Press, 1996)
A collection of evocative memories and reflections, written by both students and staff from Murree Christian School.
https://www.amazon.com/Far-Above-Plain-Admissible-Christian/dp/0878082689

60) Sodemann, Jean,
Pathways of TEAM in Pakistan, 1972-1999
(Rawalpindi: TEAM Publications, 2012)
A follow-up to Karen Pietsch’s earlier history of the work of The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) in Pakistan completed in 1991, this personal account by a former missionary provides additional details of the next quarter century of work in Mansehra, Murree, Rawalpindi and elsewhere. 

61) Stacey, Vivienne,
Focus on Pakistan
(London: BMMF, 1969)
From https://whenwomenspeak.net/the-vivienne-stacey-story/: “Vivienne Stacey (1928-2010) dedicated her life to strengthening Christian witness among Muslims. From the beginning, training and equipping women was core to her ministry. She was committed to building up and training others, to see them grow by passing responsibility on to them.”
https://www.amazon.com/Focus-Pakistan-Vivienne-Stacey/dp/B0007JEMCG

62) Stacey, Vivienne,
Mission Ventured: Dynamic Stories across a Challenging World
(IVP, 2001)
Stories of female missionaries whom Stacey served with. The first chapter is her autobiography.
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31323053758&cm_sp=SEARCHREC-_-WIDGET-L-_-BDP-R&searchurl=an%3Dvivienne%2Bstacey%26sortby%3D17

63) Stock, Frederick E. (another edition by Stock, Frederick E. and Margaret,)
People Movements in the Punjab
(Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1975)
This is an important book, providing one of the best backgrounds to the early development and growth of the Punjabi church in what is now Pakistan. Based on years of personal involvement, it also reflects yet another example of the contributions that members of the remarkable Stock family have made in touching lives, not only in Pakistan but around the world.
https://www.amazon.com/People-Movements-Punjab-Pakistan-Frederick/dp/0878084177
https://www.worldcat.org/title/people-movements-in-the-punjab-with-special-reference-to-the-united-presbyterian-church/oclc/1046911
https://missionbooks.org/products/people-movements-in-the-punjab

64) Thompson, Phyllis,
Countdown for Peter: The Life and Death of Peter Hover
(London: Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship, 1969)
A short biography of Peter Hover, the British Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship medical doctor who, prior to his death in a car accident in May 1969, served as superintendent of the Christian Caravan Hospital in Sindh province.
https://www.amazon.com/Countdown-Peter-Life-Death-Hover/dp/B000J0SP2Q

65) Thompson, Myrtle V.,
Living in Villages, Visiting in Palaces: One Thousand Memories and More
(Kindle Unlimited, Paperback)
An account of the trekking and friendships built by T.E.A.M. missionary, G. Richard Thompson with other missionaries in the northwest frontier of Pakistan and beyond. The account is written by his wife Myrtle.
https://www.amazon.com/Living-Villages-Visiting-Palaces-Thousand/dp/B09HS19KP1

66) Underhill, Barbara,
Dr. Joan of Australia and India
(CEZMS, 1939)
The life of Dr. Joan Taylor. Polly Brown writes about her: “She came to India in 1933 and worked in Amritsar and Tank before coming to Sukkur in 1937. Distressed by the overwhelming medical needs of the Sindhi women, Joan refused to close the hospital in the summer of 1938. On July 10, 1938, Dr. Taylor died in Karachi after five years in India, less than two years in Sukkur."
https://www.abebooks.com/Doctor-Joan-Australia-India-Barbara-Underhill/9147738878/bd
https://www.antipodean.com/pages/books/4081/barbara-underhill/doctor-joan-of-australia-and-india

67) Voss, Earlene, (Iliam),
What is That in Your Hand?
(Christar, 2004)
A collection of stories of various evangelistic methods of reaching women in western Punjab. 

68) Michael Wakel

The Amazing Story of Pakistan's Christians
(Malcolm Down, 2024) 

The book was prepared as a textbook for Pakistan's Christian high school students, and then adapted for a worldwide readers. The story goes back a long way, possibly as far as the Wise Men arriving in Bethlehem. the Apostle Thomas's likely arrival in Taxila, the Jesuits in the court of Emperor Akbar and the missionaries of the nineteenth century -- and then the burst of Christian growth, activity and revival in the twentieth century. In 190 illustrated pages it opens up an amazing range of real life stories that make for a vibrant church today. It is a story sadly rarely told and appreciated.

https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Story-Pakistans-Christians-Christian/dp/1915046823/
https://www.malcolmdown.co.uk/product-page/the-amazing-story-of-pakistan-s-christians-michael-wakely
https://donorbox.org/the-amazing-story 

69) West, Patty Old,
Once Met, Never Forgotten: Remembering Ken Old, a Man of Integrity
(Tate Publishing & Enterprises, 2010)
A biography of United Presbyterian missionary to Pakistan, Ken Old, published by his second wife Patty West Old after he died.
https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22408980291&searchurl=an%3Dpatty%2Bold%2Bwest%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title21

70) Western, Ruth,
Some Women of Sindh in Home and Hospital
(London: CEZMS, 1929)
Western served in Sukkur, Zenana Mission Hospital, for 26 years without a furlough. She was relieved by Dr. Joan Taylor, sister of Phil Taylor in 1937. Dr. Western also started Baker Hospital in Larkana as a branch of the hospital in Sukkur, staffed by Pakistani nurses and midwives (see also reference 1022 in Inscribing South Asian Muslim Women by Tahera Aftab).
https://www.abebooks.it/prima-edizione/Women-Sindh-Home-Hospital-WESTERN-R.H/30505238428/bd

71) Weston, Rosemary,
Ready for Anything: Letters from Asia, 1960-2006
(Stoke-on-Trent, UK: Tentmaker Publications, 2006)
A collection of letters covering dramatic events associated with Afghan Border Crusade nurse Rosemary Weston, first in Kohat and later in Kabul.
https://www.amazon.com/Ready-Anything-Letters-Asia-1960-2005/dp/B004IVAUXY
https://www.abebooks.com/signed-first-edition/Ready-Anything-Letters-Asia-1960-2005-Signed/9758308717/bd#&gid=1&pid=1

72) White, Janet Ballantyne,
Esther: The Story of a Pakistani Girl (1960)
About the girl named Qamar Zia, who converted and became Esther John, a nurse who was martyred in Sahiwal Christian Hospital. The chapel there is named for her. She was also honored with a statue of her above the great west door of Westminster Abbey, along with nine other Christian martyrs of the 20th century. [While no link to purchase the book was found, I did find this link to this quote: “Esther belongs to the world church as well as to the subcontinent.”]
https://www.stfrancismagazine.info/ja/images/pdf/vivienne/EstherJohn.pdf

73) Wilder, Dr. Mary, and Jennifer Gerrity (editor)
Dust and Devotion: The Memoir of a Missionary Doctor in Pakistan
Dr. Mary Wilder worked for many years as a missionary doctor at Shikarpur Christian Hospital in Sindh as part of the Indus Christian Fellowship. The story of her own years of service in Pakistan is woven in with the stories of many of her patients. Dr. Wilder's sense of humor is on full display throughout this engaging narrative.
https://www.entrustsource.com/product/dust-and-devotion/
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58755546-dust-and-devotion

74) Wright, Eric E., and Mary Helen Wright (contributor)
Surprised by Grace: Ordinary Christians Touched by Extraordinary Grace
(Privately published, 2019)
This memoir provides details on a missionary life spent mostly in southern Punjab during the 1960s,1970s and beyond; it is based on letters, prayer letters and photographs taken during the sixteen years that they spent in Pakistan. “This memoir is our story of the astounding surprises of God – surprises of His Grace.”
https://www.amazon.com/Surprised-Grace-Ordinary-Christians-Extraordinary/dp/1689397802
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56642551-surprised-by-grace

75) Young, William G.,
Presbyterian Bishop
(London: New Millennium, 1995)
The autobiography of William Young, Scottish Presbyterian missionary who served as Bishop of Sialkot from 1970 until 1977, building on his earlier work in establishing the Church of Pakistan out of a union involving Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists, and Presbyterians.
https://www.abebooks.com/signed-first-edition/Presbyterian-Bishop-William-G-Young-New/4254336996/bd

ISLAM

Annotated Bibliography, by our PFI member [Dan Brown, PhD]

Brown, Daniel

Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought 

(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996)

Traces the emergence of modern debates over sunna, focusing in particular on Egypt and Pakistan where these controversies have raged most fiercely, and assesses the implications of new approaches to Islamic law on contemporary movements of Islamic revival. Using the case of modern Islam as a starting-point, the author considers how adherents of any great tradition deal with change.  Also translated into Indonesian, Turkish and Urdu.

Brown, Daniel
A New Introduction to Islam
(3rd edition.  Chichester, UK: Wiley, 2017)
Covers the origins, key features, and legacy of the Islamic tradition. The third edition includes fresh material on Salafism and updated chapters on the Qur'an and the Hadith. 

Brown, Daniel (editor)

The Wiley Blackwell Concise Companion to the Hadith
(Chichester, UK: Wiley, 2020)
Alongside the Qur'an, the hadith forms a second major body of Islamic scripture, and much of Islamic belief and practice rests on the hadith including Islamic law, Islamic theology, Qur'anic interpretation, political thought, and personal behavior. Yet despite its importance to Muslims worldwide and its indispensable role as a source for early Islamic history, the hadith remains unexplored territory for many non-specialist readers. This is a concise overview of both Islamic and Western traditions of hadith study, offering up-to-date scholarship and providing readers with an essential guide to this distinctive aspect of Islam.