Frank Drown (September 30, 1922 - January 22, 2018) was an American

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and former

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. He and his wife Marie were missionaries with Gospel Missionary Union and worked for 37 years with the Jívaro Indians of eastern

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, who were known for their head shrinking. The Drowns were asked to write a book about their lives as missionaries. After the success of Elisabeth Elliot's best-seller '' Through Gates of Splendor'', the publishers believed such a book would be in demand. And so the Drowns co-authored a book which became their memoirs, titled ''Mission to the Headhunters'', followed by ''Unmarked Memories: Five friends buried in the jungle of Ecuador''. Drown was interviewed for the

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documentary ''

Beyond the Gates of Splendor ''Beyond the Gates of Splendor'' (also ''Beyond the Gates'') is a documentary film that was released in 2004. It chronicles the events leading up to and following Operation Auca, an attempt to contact the Huaorani tribe of Ecuador in which five Ame ...

'' where he described in detail what happened during the search party's expedition.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Drown, Frank 1922 births 2018 deaths American Protestant missionaries American evangelicals Protestant missionaries in Ecuador Operation Auca American expatriates in Ecuador