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"This idea for this book was conceived in the mid-1980's, and Billy Graham's own comment was that the best record of his entire ministry lay in the photography that fills this substantial book. Lavishly illustrated, it is laid out in magazine format hardback and printed on high quality paper. Russ Busby spent much of Billy Graham's fifty-year career as his official photographer, recording his ministry and preaching on the world's continents. The quality of photography and explanatory text is excellent, as one would expect of a Time Life book; and the team production by Tehabi Books is superb.
Billy's life and achievements are presented, showing him preaching to the thousands in Los Angeles in the 1940's; in Moscow in 1992; and reaching the tens of thousands in the Georgia Dome, Atlanta, 1994. He received the 1,900th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - the first clergyman to be so honoured. In 1983 Ronald Reagan presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour the president can bestow. In 1996 he and his wife received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honour the Congress of America can bestow.
Over much of the world Billy Graham is a household name, having touched and changed millions of lives. To this day, October 2001, his legendary high impact London crusade – lasting for three months of 1954 - in the Harringay Arena, London, is talked about on UK national radio.
Let the final word be from Billy Graham himself. He said: 'I am often asked, "Do you have any hope for the future of the human race?" - "Yes, I have hope! I don't think people can live without hope. What is oxygen to the lungs, hope is to our survival in this world. And the Bible is filled with hope."'"
Michael JR Jose, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession:
- religious figure
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- religious figure
Age:
- 60's-90's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Deep South
- Midwest
- California
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- Germany
- Eastern Europe
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Russia
- Australia
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Central
- South
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- spiritual
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- gentle
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- religion
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Pictures/Illustrations?
- More than 15 in color
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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