The Crossed Hands of God - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1498221394 ISBN 13 : 9781498221399

Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2015

Synopsis

Born on a Mississippi farm, Pvt. Eugene McLaurin had reached 30 years of age when his unit began its advance on the Western Front. McLaurin's diary, written during nine weeks before the Armistice, records the horrors he encountered during his assignment to burial detail, of bodies torn apart, and burial rituals interrupted by gunfire or the occasional stealth attack by a German fighter plane, its engines muffled before emitting its deadly machine gun fire. In spite of his modest rank, McLaurin was a Presbyterian minister qualified to be a commissioned officer. Instead, he was assistant to the battalion chaplain whose admiration for his assistant's courageous service under fire would result in his attempts to secure a commission for his aide, including appealing to the US Congress. The Crossed Hands of God consists of a biography of McLaurin, his diary, letters to his fiancee from his induction through six months of occupation duty in Germany, and the tracing of his career from gentle parish minister to professor of systematic theology, eventually becoming an eminent linguist in biblical languages.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jerry R. Tompkins is a native of Elysian Fields, Texas, and has served as a pastor, a seminary vice-president, and an executive of a church-related child-care and family agency. His earlier book was D-Days at Dayton: Reflections on the Scopes Trial. Tompkins and his wife, the former Marcia Davis, are the parents of two daughters and two sons.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1498221394
• ISBN 13: 9781498221399
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 178
• Éditeur: Tompkins Jerry R
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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