Billy Sunday: Home Run to Heaven

by Robert A. Allen

Book Overview

A biography of a professional baseball player who dedicated his life to spreading the gospel and became one of the most influential religious figures of the early twentieth century. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880621257
• ISBN13: 9780880621250
• Release Date: June 1985
• Publisher: Mott Media (MI)
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

A Decent, Compact Look at Billy Sunday's Entire Life and Career as a Famous Preacher

This book is a good introduction to the life of Billy Sunday. You can then decide if you want to read more about him or if you have learned enough about him. This is a book written for teens, it is somewhat brief and to the point, not going too far in-depth, with a drawing to open each chapter. I learned a lot about Billy Sunday's life and career, from his Civil War father whom Billy never met, to his mother giving up Billy and his brother to a soldier's orphanage, to Billy getting discovered and recruited into professional baseball, to Billy getting Saved and becoming the most famous preacher of his era. The book is a relatively quick read. Too long to read in one sitting, but easy to finish in a week's worth of reading sessions. A much better book for those who love much longer reads would be "Billy Sunday: 1862-1935. The Life and Works of the Baseball Evangelist," by Elijah P. Brown. Billy Sunday: The Life and Work of the Baseball Evangelist (Ambassador Classic Biography Series)

This book is a HOME RUN in itself

Wonderful Story about a most wonderful preacher. He was truely an amazing man. An easy read but one that is really difficult to lay down until you are finished. I enjoyed it very much. George Erdel