Promotional Information

This balanced biography covers Graham's life and work, his extraordinary accomplishments, and the criticisms he has endured.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword Introduction Timeline of Events in the Life of Billy Graham From Tampa to New York A Farm Boy Becomes a Preacher Wheaton and Ruth On the Road to Los Angeles A Revivalist Heritage: The Great Awakening to Billy Sunday The Lure of Power and Politics The Fifties: The Message and the Media The London Crusade of 1954 The Graham Phenomenon in New York A Careful Crusade for Equality Amidst the Tumult: Billy in the Sixties Mixing Politics with Evangelism A World of Souls to Save Selected Bibliography Index

About the Author

Roger Bruns is an independent scholar and author of many books, including Preacher: Billy Sunday and the Rise of American Evangelism (1992). He has recently retired from the National Archives and Records Administration and lives in Reston, Virginia.