In rare form : a pictorial history of baseball evangelist Billy Sunday / by W.A. Firstenberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Firstenberger, W. A. (William Andrew), 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelists--United States--Biography.

Evangelists.

Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935.

Sunday, Billy.

Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935--Homes and haunts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From 1896 to 1935, the flamboyant and controversial Billy Sunday preached his version of the gospel to millions of people across the nation. In this nontraditional biography of the man regarded by his enthralled fans as God's unconventional messenger to a sinful world, the curator of the Billy Sunday Historic Site Museum recreates Sunday's life through a material culture lens. W. A. Firstenberger views the photographic record and the print record as well as the landscape, structure, and contents of the Sunday home in Winona Lake, Indiana, to give us an intimate view of Sunday and his family.

Contents:

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Homespun and Cashmere; Chaper 2: Caught on the Fly; Chapter 3: Revival Machine; Chapter 4: For the Love of a Nation; Chapter 5: At Home in Winona Lake; Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-148) and index.

ISBN:

1-58729-644-6

OCLC:

181548632