The Hiding Place (biography)
1971 book on the life of Corrie ten Boom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hiding Place is an autobiographical book written by Corrie ten Boom with John and Elizabeth Sherrill. It was published in 1971.
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Author | Corrie ten Boom |
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Country | Netherlands |
Language | English |
Genre | Nonfiction, autobiography |
Publisher | Chosen Books |
Publication date | November 1971 |
Media type | hardcover |
Pages | 241 pp |
ISBN | 0-553-25669-6 |
OCLC | 30489558 |
The idea for this book began when the Sherrills were doing research for another book of theirs called God's Smuggler. At the time, ten Boom was already in her mid-70s when the Sherrills first heard about her. Being one of van der Bijl's favorite traveling companions, ten Boom is referenced often in his recollections. In the preface to the book, the Sherrills recount:
...his [Brother Andrew's] fascinating stories about her in Vietnam, where she had earned that most honorable title "Double-old Grandmother" - and in a dozen other Communist countries - came to mind so often that we finally had to hold up her hands to stop his flow of reminiscence. "We could never fit her into the book," we said. "She sounds like a book in herself." It's the sort of thing you say, not meaning anything.
The book was later made into a film of the same name, along with a comic book adaptation by Spire Christian Comics.
The title refers to both the physical hiding place, where the ten Boom family hid Jews from the Nazis, and also to the Scriptural message found in Psalm 119:114: "Thou art my hiding place and my shield...."[1]