"All [Francis's] life was a series of plunges and scampers; darting after the beggar, dashing naked into the woods, tossing himself into the strange ship, hurling himself into the Sultan's tent and offering to hurl himself into the fire," writes G.K. Chesterton in his incomparable—and to many minds inspired—life of St. Francis of Assisi. "In appearance he must have been like a thin brown skeleton autumn leaf dancing eternally before the wind; but in truth it was he that was the wind." With his own insight, humor, and irresistible wit, Chesterton captures the spirit of this enduring saint in his 1923 portrait, beautifully presented in this foil-stamped trade paperback edition.