Jack Cavanaugh
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Summary
Win one for The Gipper. Has there ever been a better-known and widely-used exhortative phrase in sports? Not likely. But who was the "Gipper," this mythical-like sports figure whose nickname has aroused, in turn, awe, wonderment, curiosity, and amusement since the second decade of the twentieth century, and why is his story important? Answering those questions is the formidable task taken on here by veteran sportswriter Jack Cavanaugh, whose Pulitzer...
6) Proof
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Summary
A young attorney and his employer conflict when the employer's daughter converts during a revival. The result is a law suit against a church.
7) Fire
Author
Series
Great awakenings 1740-1741 volume 2
Pub. Date
c2005
Summary
Seven years after leaving the colony of Havenhill, Connecticut, Josiah Rush is asked to return, but his hopes of finding forgiveness and acceptance are dashed when he becomes convinced that the colony is infected by a deadly disease.
8) Fury
Author
Series
Great awakenings 1825-1826 volume 4
Pub. Date
2006
Summary
Ever since his parents drowned while crossing the Atlantic after a revival, Daniel Cooper has felt as if the world is out to get him. For the past year he's had to live with his Uncle Asa and Aunt Camilla -- and all their rules. One night, deciding he's had enough, Daniel sneaks out his bedroom window and flees to the alley behind his employer's casket shop. What he sees there shocks him to the core. Pursued by two men, Daniel embarks on an agonizing...
9) Storm
Author
Series
Great awakenings 1798-1800 volume 3
Pub. Date
c2006
Summary
First year student Asa Rush, a committed Christian, has been recruited by the President to help bring revival to the hotbed of atheism Yale College. Fellow student Eli Cooper is determined to make Asa's life miserable. On the eve of the first divisive presidential election Asa and Eli find themselves in the eye of the storm. Is the battle political or spiritual, and when the winds subside, who will be left standing?