A Time for Remembering : The Ruth Graham Bell Story

Cornwell, Patricia Daniels

ISBN 10: 0060616857 / ISBN 13: 9780060616854

Published by Grason - A Ministry of the Billy Graham Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1983

About this Item

270 pages. First Printing of the First Grason Edition. This Billy Graham Association edition is virtually identical to the Harper Row edtion. Pale biege boards with red spine lettering have bumped corners. Interior is faultless. Dust jacket has unclipped $13.95 price and is chipped and worn at the edges. Some small tears. A 3/8 inch chunk out of the bottom front/spine and 1/2 inch piece out of back bottom of dust jacket. Photograph of Mrs. Graham in a bright red dress on front of dust jacket. Ruth Bell Graham shares the events that transformed her from the spirited child of medical missionaries in China to a shy college student in the U.S. Here is the deeply personal story of the Grahams' first meeting and their turbulent yet tender courtship at Wheaton College. The book continues their marriage, family, and increasing involvement in Christian missions on a national, then worldwide, scale. Illustrated in photographs. Patricial Cornwell was a close friend and neighbor of Ruth Bell Graham for almost 20 years. During this time the author was an award-winning and highly respected journalist with The Charlotte (NC) Observer and this was her first book. Cornwell is the author of the bestselling mystery series featuring coroner-sleuth Dr. Kay Scarpetta and this biography was her first published book.

Seller Inventory # 6143

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Time for Remembering : The Ruth Graham Bell Story
• Publisher: Grason - A Ministry of the Billy Graham Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060616857
• ISBN 13: 9780060616854
• Binding: Hard Back
• Edition: First Edition Stated
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Told in flowing and succinct prose, this portrait of Ruth Bell Graham, the world-famous evangelist Billy Graham's wife gives the reader a first-hand glimpse into some of the great events of the second half of this century. It follows Ruth Bell Graham first as a missionary child from war-ravaged pre-Revolution China and Korea, to peaceful Wheaton, Illinois, and then as a famous evangelist's wife, to the Deep South, Post-War Europe, and the events in America since the 1950s.



Far from showing us "The Revival Widow," Patricia Cornwell depicts Ruth Bell as a woman of extraordinary strength, will, and faith, who has influenced the face of modern Christianity. Inseparable from her husband, we learn much about Billy Graham's beliefs, his background, the evangelist's private life, and witness his rapid climb to world prominence, and Ruth's invaluable contributions, support, and sacrifices to her family, and his.



Patricia Cornwell, with this impressive account, has written a magnificent biography of a great American lady.

About the Author

Patricia Cornwell is considered one of the world's bestselling crime writers. Her intrepid medical examiner Kay Scarpetta first appeared on the scene in 1990 withPostmortem—the only novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d'Aventure in a single year—and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain's prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author. Ms. Cornwell's work is translated into thirty-six languages across more than fifty countries, and she is regarded as one of the major international bestselling authors.