This book is a series of stories covering 140 years and four generations, a famous Reverend, two Knights of the Realm and a Deputy Prime Minister.


The setting is from the streets of 19th Century London, to the Kauri gum forests of New Zealand to the islands and mountains of Papua New Guinea.


The author, Charles Kauai Abel, is the great grandson of the pioneer missionary, Reverend Charles William Abel of the London Missionary Society, and former Deputy Prime Minister, Treasurer and Planning Minister, and three-term parliamentarian.


He recounts dramatic history, love story, enduring faith and joy in family, music, and sports.


A remarkable journey of discovery about the meaning of life!