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Billy Sunday: Major League Evangelist (Heroes of the Faith)

3 reviews
Rachael M. Phillips

Barbour Publishing, Incorporated, 2005

Great retelling of Billy Sunday's life. For everyone from 8 to 88
This book was a biography of one of America's greatest evangelists. From his childhood growing up in Iowa to his becoming one of the best baseball players at the end of the 19th century & ultimately showing his love & passion for not only Christ but for every unsaved soul in America & beyond. He not only was a great preacher, he was a great American & showed it by helping & providing for troops & ...

Billy Sunday: Evangelist of the Sawdust Trail (Heroes of the Faith)

1 review
Rachael M. Phillips

Barbour Publishing, Incorporated, 2001

Great guy, great story, BAD book
This series is almost universally poorly written. Sad, because subject matter is excellent. I have struggled through so many from this series. The writing is disjointed and hard to follow. Way too many names and details that detract from an overall view that a short book like this should give. Save the details for a definitive biography (that will be much longer).