Pearce Carey, the great-grandson of William Carey, movingly unfolds the story of the man called the father of modern missions: the cobbler who learned languages at his bench, argued the church into obligation, and then went to India and stayed for forty years.

John MacArthur commends it warmly: this is my favorite missionary biography and one of my favorite books period. Carey's journey to and through India is one of the greatest responses to the Great Commission in the history of the church, and this book continues to be a catalyst for my own commitments to pray for and give to missions. It is not only a good read, but an even better reread.