The greatest story ever told; a tale of the greatest life ever lived / by Fulton Oursler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oursler, Fulton, 1893-1952.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Rascoe, Burton, 1892-1957 (donor) (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Oursler, Fulton, 1893-1952 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, xiii pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 299 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Manufacture:

Garden City, N. Y. : Printed in the United States of America at the Country Life Press.

Place of Publication:

Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1949.

Contents:

Book One. A child is born

Book Two. A boy in Nazareth

Book Three. The preparation

Book Four. The first year

Book Five. The second year

Book Six. The third year.

Notes:

With half-title.

"In writing anew the wonderful life of Jesus, the author has had but one thought in mind, and that was to induce readers to go to the Gospels and hear the story at firsthand."--Preface.

"This is the book on which the radio program, 'The Greatest Story Ever Told,' is based."--Dustjacket.

Price from dustjacket.

Light blue boards with gilt cross on front cover; spine lettered and decorated in gilt with gilt cross.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Culture Class Collection copy inscribed "To Burton Rascoe, affectionately Fulton Oursler. Jan 3, 1949".

ISBN:

$2.95

OCLC:

384680