Visually inspected by owner: Hardback with dust jacket as pictured, no marks in text and binding solid. 40th Anniversary Edition, illustrated. We ship, M-F by 4pm, and Sat. by 12 pm, with tracking info. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Through Gates of Splendor is a 1957 best selling book written by Elisabeth Elliot. The book tells the story of Operation Auca, an attempt by five American missionaries - Jim Elliot (the author's husband), Pete Fleming, Ed McCully, Nate Saint, and Roger Youderian - to reach the Huaorani tribe of eastern Ecuador. All five of the men were killed by the tribe. The book is Elliot's first book, and arguably her most well known work.