Ascent to the Tribes Author:Isobel Kuhn When the communists closed the door to missionary work in China, a crisis faced the China Inland Mission. What should it do? China was its only field. One of the new fields was Thailand.Here a survey team found unreached tribes closely related to tribespeople in Southeast China. [This] book might be called a history of the CIM in North Thailand.... more » But it is more than this. This is a stirring missionary document. Covers missionary work among the Yao the Lisu natives. Fascinating primary work on these very isolated hill tribes. Their culture, beliefs, and life style. With keen impressions of the tribes, her major efforts in 1952-53 and the challenge.« less