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Hero of the heartland : Billy Sunday and the transformation of American society, 1862-1935 /
"Robert F. Martin demonstrates nicely that, beneath all of Billy Sunday's flamboyance, the orphan-turned-baseball player-turned-evangelist embodied the tensions of his age. Martin's prodigious research has yielded a wealth of anecdotal material that adds flavor and spice to his keen a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Robert F. Martin demonstrates nicely that, beneath all of Billy Sunday's flamboyance, the orphan-turned-baseball player-turned-evangelist embodied the tensions of his age. Martin's prodigious research has yielded a wealth of anecdotal material that adds flavor and spice to his keen analysis."--Randall Balmer, author of Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in AmericaWilliam Ashley "Billy" Sunday was the most popular and influential evangelist of his time. Between 1896 |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 163 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-157) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0253109523 9780253109521 0253104211 9780253104212 9780253341297 0253341299 |