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Ruth, a portrait : the story of Ruth Bell Graham / by Patricia Cornwell.

Summary:

A biography of Ruth Bell Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, discussing her childhood in China as the daughter of medical missionaries, her contribution to her husband's work, and her efforts to keep their home and family life intact.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385488793
  • ISBN: 9780385488792
  • Physical Description: 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 1997.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Revised and updated version of A time for remembering : the story of Ruth Bell Graham, San Francisco : Harper & Row, 1983.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The beginning -- Before Ruth -- A second little nuisance -- The year of the horse -- Crumbling of the wall -- War -- An innocent abroad -- Billy Frank -- The ring -- Wartime wedding -- That hustling Baptist preacher -- Little Piney Cove -- Her jungle -- House in the mountain -- The beginning of a mission -- The terror by night -- Other children -- Power and influence -- A new season -- Lighting the darker places -- Darkness over the face of the earth -- Return to China -- Little Piney Cove, 1996.
Subject: Graham, Ruth Bell.
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018.
Baptists > United States > Biography.
Evangelists' spouses > United States > Biography.
Spouses of clergy > United States > Biography.
Children of missionaries > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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