A Thousand Shall Fall (Shiloh Legacy) (Paperback)

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The Shiloh Legacy series covers the lives of four young soldiers and their families through these great events: the end of World War I in France, the return of the soldiers to America, the Roaring Twenties, the stock-market crash, the resulting Great Depression, and the rebuilding of lives that must follow. Yet with all the racial, social, and cultural intolerance that marked the day--seemingly immovable mountains in the lives of these characters--God works through the tragedy, the laughter, the pain, the joy, the dramatic, and the ordinary to create a yearning in their hearts for a faith that moves mountains.

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The Roaring Twenties promise peace and prosperity after the Great War.
But is all what it seems?

Nine-year-old David O’Halloran has not had an easy life. He can’t even remember his father. Now his beloved mother is dying of cancer in St. Francis Hospital in Philadelphia, leaving David home alone with his drunk, abusive stepfather. Who was my real father? David longs to know. Then one day, while in his mother’s room, he discovers some letters . . . and the shocking truth.

Former soldier Max Meyer, now a respected financial columnist for the New York Times, is convinced of a pending stock-market crash. But no one wants to listen to this doomsday report. Especially Mob Boss Quinn, who has a lot to lose and would do anything to keep Max silent.

After ten years of hard work on the oil rigs of Oklahoma, Birch Tucker at last returns home to Shiloh, Arkansas, with his wife, Trudy, and their three sons. It is the place of their hopes and dreams . . . but will it last?

Will anything in America survive the great stock-market crash of 1929?

Special Feature: Study questions suitable for individual use or group discussion.

A Thousand Shall Fall is also available complete and unabridged from Luke Thoene Productions www.familyaudiolibrary.com

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Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (June 19, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1414301219
• ISBN-13: 978-1414301211
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #32,346 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book and series, April 24, 2000

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This review is from: A Thousand Shall Fall (The Shiloh Legacy, Book 2) (Paperback)

This book/series, as are all the Thoene books, is a wonderful story about post WWI. The families and their daily living is written as if you were there. You become so involved in this book, that I wanted to read it in a day! The focus of the daily life in middle America post WWI is God centered. Wonderful Story!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Historical Fiction, November 7, 2006

By	John Andrew "gs03jsa" (gs03jsa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: A Thousand Shall Fall (The Shiloh Legacy, Book 2) (Paperback)

Great historical fiction with an even more important underlying theme. Just finished books 1 & 2... I have learned a lot more about the American history ( e.g. the experience of WWI, and what our soldiers had to come home to... or, in book 2, the experience of what it was like to be around the incredible stock market run-ups). More importantly - I completely got wrapped up in the characters and how they responded to the highs and lows that ultimately come with life - and how their faith actually grows stronger as a result.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Matchless storytelling, November 4, 2002

By	Nancy Belden "christianmom" (Greensboro, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Thousand Shall Fall (The Shiloh Legacy, Book 2) (Paperback)

Bodie Thoene is a master story-teller. She weaves multiple plots, characters, and events, both small and large, into a seamless story that you simply don't want to put down. I am always disappointed when the book ends because I've become so wrapped up in the historically accurate world of the characters, and I am glad for the other books in the series I have yet to read!
The world she depicts in The Shiloh Legacy series reflects the broad range of simple joys and heartbreaks of the average person or family. By the end of the novel, without realizing it, I've stopped to re-evaluate my own life and priorities and I see them in the bigger picture perspective.
Excellent!