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The Man Who Moved a Mountain

  • ISBN-13: 9780800612375
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: AUGSBURG BOOKS
  • By Richard C. Davids
  • Price: AUD $41.99
  • Stock: 3 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 01/03/1972
  • Format: Paperback (216.00mm X 140.00mm) 272 pages Weight: 340g
  • Categories: Christianity [HRC]
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This is the definitive biography of Reverend Bob Childress of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Often compared to Mark Twain's tales of the Mississippi, the style and the text show, with stark clarity, the transforming effects Childress and his ministry had on the rough and wild mountain communities of this section of Virginia.
Richard C. Davids lived in Bob Childress' country when he was researching and writing The Man Who Moved a Mountain. He talked to Bob's widow, his children, his brother Hasten, classmates from Union Seminary, and hundreds of the mountain people Bob had served. The result is a vivid portrayal of characters, incidents, and the mountains themselves.
"This is a fascinating biography, a moving portrait of a life that transformed a wild and rough mountain folk. Here truth is verily stranger than fiction, exciting, surprising, and utterly true...Mr. Davids has written a superbly vivid and gripping story."
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