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Book Review
Canada and the United States
| Bruce J. Evensen. God's Man for the Gilded Age: D. L. Moody and the Rise of Modern Mass Evangelism. New York: Oxford University Press. 2003. Pp. 232.
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| Awaiting the much-publicized arrival from Liverpool of the men who had taken Britain by storm, New York reporters scrambled to capture their disembarkment. So determined were they to scoop their competitors, some rented boats to intercept the ocean liner before it docked in hopes of getting the first interview or photograph. English newspapers had detailed these men's every move throughout their recent tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland, making their names household words. Now American writers were eager to introduce them to U.S. audiences. |
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