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Goodreads asked Jon J. Cardwell:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Jon J. Cardwell My most recent book, TO BE A PILGRIM, was a book I didn't want to write at all. It is kind of a modernization of John Bunyan's THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, a project a friend asked me to endeavor to undertake. I immediately dismissed the idea as The Pilgrim's Progress is my very favorite book in the wide world (after the Bible). After about 5 years or more, I finally decided I would attempt it... prompted by a conversation about John Bunyan and his allegory when one of the hearers asked, "When does Babe the Blue Ox come in?" Hearing that, I knew it was time this new generation to become familiar with Bunyan's wonderful work.

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