Bibliograph

An odd cross to bear, a biography of Ruth Bell Graham, Anne Blue Wills

Type

Label

An odd cross to bear, a biography of Ruth Bell Graham, Anne Blue Wills

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

An odd cross to bear

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1296166029

Responsibility statement

Anne Blue Wills

Series statement

Library of religious biography

Sub title

a biography of Ruth Bell Graham

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

Table Of 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)

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