Billy Graham: A Parable of American Righteousness [Paperback]

Marshall Frady (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 28, 2006

Marshall Frady's epic biography of the most prominent and popular religious leader in America.

With unparalleled access to Billy Graham and his family and associates, Frady presents an intimate and multifaceted portrait of the man, from his childhood upbringing in the midlands of North Carolina to his ascent to national recognition.

Frady's narrative encompasses the man, his spiritual mission, and his political involvements and bears witness to the preeminent position Graham has held in American life for more than five decades. This remains the most compelling and definitive biography of him to date.

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Review

"Billy Graham is our nation's least studied national institution. Marshall Frady has finally given him the kind of attention he deserves."

-- Garry Wills, The New York Times

About the Author

A native of South Carolina, Marshall Frady was a journalist for more than twenty-five years, writing for Newsweek, Life, Harper's, Esquire, The

New York Review of Books, The Sunday Times of London, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker. He was a correspondent on Nightline; chief writer and host of ABC News' Closeup, for which he won two Emmys and the duPont-Columbia Award; and the author of six books: Wallace; Across a Darkling Plain: An American's Passage Through the Middle East; Billy Graham: A Parable of American Righteousness; Southerners: A Journalist's Odyssey, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist; Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson; and Martin Luther King Jr. (The Penguin Lives Series). He died in 2004.

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (November 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743291433
• ISBN-13: 978-0743291439
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #616,795 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The preacher at mid-career, November 28, 2007

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Cecil Bothwell "Author of "Whale Falls: A... (Asheville, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Billy Graham: A Parable of American Righteousness (Paperback)

This ranks as the most straight-ahead biography of Billy Graham published before my own The Prince of War: Billy Graham's Crusade for a Wholly Christian Empire. While not nearly as comprehensive as William Martin's A Prophet with Honor : The Billy Graham Story, this is a more interestingly told tale. Originally published in 1979, it catches Graham near the height of his influence and dynamism. After publication, Graham expressed dismay that he had helped Frady with the project because the author published comments and anecdotes from Graham associates that didn't reflect particularly well on the preacher.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just when you thought you knew it all..., February 27, 2007

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Richard C. Beeman "Bro. Craig" (Natchitoches, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Billy Graham: A Parable of American Righteousness (Paperback)

I have read many articles and books on Billy Graham but this one tops them all. Frady seems to have walked with Billy as he grew up. We get more details about his dating life and his conversion than in any other book. We also get details about his time at Bob Jones college that I had never known about until now. This book is a reprinting of the original that was printed in 1979, I think. It is a great book and very informative. You get the idea that Billy is a person just like you and I. Other biographies tend to put Bro. Graham on a bit of a pedestal. This book reveals him to be a person like anyone else, but a person whom God has chosen to change the world.