Table of Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction: Landscape of a Life 1
Part 1 Young Barnstormer
1 Southern Farm Boy 9
2 College Years 14
3 Youth for Christ 20
4 England Calls 25
5 Becoming Billy Graham 27
6 Mears and Templeton 31
7 City of Angels 35
8 Beantown 41
9 Wins and Losses 45
10 Launching the Ship 49
11 Korean War 52
12 He Liked Ike 55
13 Pulling Down the Ropes 60
Part 2 Leading Evangelist
14 Core Message 67
15 "Harringay" 71
16 Christianity Today 76
17 Big Apple 82
18 Flesh Became Words 88
19 Preacher at Work 93
20 Art of the Crusade 98
21 Other Players 102
22 Critics in the Pulpit 108
23 Critics in the Crowd 112
24 Man in the Arena 115
25 Wounded Souls 117
26 Grateful Friends 122
Part 3 Priestly Prophet
27 Cross and Crucifix 129
28 Kennedy versus Nixon 133
29 Enter LBJ 136
30 Racial Justice 139
31 Civil Rights and Civil Order 144
32 Great Society 148
33 Endless War 153
34 Twisted Path to Peace 158
Interlude: Myth and Icon 161
35 Man for All Seasons 165
36 Billy Graham, Inc. 171
37 Perils of Power 175
38 Ford, Carter, and Reagan 179
Part 4 Senior Statesman
39 World Conferences 187
40 World Crusades 194
Interlude: American Abroad 199
41 Sin of Total War 204
42 Fallout at Home 209
43 Parson and Pope 213
44 Bush I, Clinton, and Bush II 217
Interlude: Why So Many Presidents? 222
45 Nation's Chaplain 225
46 Fractured Saint 229
47 Modern America 234
Interlude: The Reverend Doctor Graham 239
48 Second Chances 245
49 Seasoned Soldier 251
50 "Mrs. Billy Graham" 259
51 Gentle Patriarch 263
Conclusion: What Manner of Man? 268
Epilogue: They Called Him Billy 276
Appendix on Letters 281
Appendix of World Preaching Events 284
Notes 288
Further Reading 301
Permissions 309
Index 311