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

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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 ''

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'', 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 ''

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

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