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Examines the life of the humanitarian who pursued medical missionary work in the jungles of Africa while developing his spiritual beliefs about the value of all life. A biography of one of the legendary figures of the twentieth century. With unique access to the Schweitzer archives in Gunsbach, Germany, James Bentley probes the contradictions in this fascinating and enigmatic figure: a man who cherished his family but spent months away from them,...