Billy Graham

A Parable of American Righteousness

AvMarshall Frady

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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Award-winning journalist Marshall Frady’s epic biography of Billy Graham, one of the most influential Christian evangelist preachers in America.With unparalleled access to Billy Graham and his family and associates, Frady presents an intimate and multifaceted portrait of the man, from his childhood upbringing in the midlands of North Carolina to his ascent to national recognition. Frady's narrative encompasses the popular religious leader, his spiritual mission, and his political involvements and bears witness to the preeminent position Graham has held in American life for decades. “Billy Graham is our nation’s least studied national institution…Frady has finally given him the kind of attention he deserves” (The New York Times).

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Utgivningsdatum:2006-11-28
Mått:140 x 216 x 38 mm
Vikt:596 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:No Series
Antal sidor:576
Förlag:Simon & Schuster
ISBN:9780743291439

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Marshall Frady was a journalist for more than twenty-five years, writing for Newsweek, Life, Harper’s, Esquire, The New York Review of Books, The Sunday Times (London), The Atlantic, and The New Yorker. He was a correspondent on Nightline; chief writer and host of ABC News’ Closeup, for which he won two Emmys and the duPont-Columbia Award; and the author of six books: Wallace; Across a Darkling Plain: An American’s Passage Through the Middle East;Billy Graham: A Parable of American Righteousness; Southerners: A Journalist’s Odyssey, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist; Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson; and Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life. He died in 2004.

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"Billy Graham is our nation's least studied national institution. Marshall Frady has finally given him the kind of attention he deserves." -- Garry Wills, The New York Times