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Author Wills, Anne Blue, 1966- author.

Title An odd cross to bear : a biography of Ruth Bell Graham / Anne Blue Wills.

Publication Info. Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2022.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3010101~S1
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 Nichols Adult Biography  BIO GRAHAM    AVAILABLE
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Description xii, 273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Library of religious biography.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: What language shall I borrow? -- Missionary daughter (1920-1937) -- College and a calling (1937-1943) -- Marrying the ministry (1943-1954) -- Creating a log home in the age of Levittown (1950s) -- A Christian mother on the cusp of a feminist era (1958-1969) -- Poems and prodigals (1970-1975) -- Poetry and politics (1976-1987) -- Prodigals (1989-2007).
Summary "The life story of Ruth Bell Graham-wife of famed evangelist Billy Graham-and a critical assessment of her influential representation of twentieth-century white Christian womanhood"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Graham, Ruth Bell.
Baptists -- United States -- Biography.
Evangelists' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
Spouses of clergy -- United States -- Biography.
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018.
Genre Biographies.
ISBN 9780802875815 (hardcover)
0802875815 (hardcover)
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