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Preacher Girl: Uldine Utley and the Industry of Revival
Thomas A. Robinson
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Description for Preacher Girl: Uldine Utley and the Industry of Revival
Hardcover. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGX; HRCC2; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 251 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
Uldine Utley defined the ""girl evangelist"" of the 1920s and 1930s. She began her preaching career at age eleven, published a monthly magazine by age twelve, and by age fourteen was regularly packing the largest venues in major American cities, including Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden. She stood toe to toe with Billy Sunday and Aimee Semple McPherson, the most famous revivalist preachers of the day. She became a darling of the secular press and was mimicked and modeled in fiction and plays.
In Preacher Girl, the first full biography of Utley, author Thomas Robinson shows that ... Read more
Uldine Utley defined the ""girl evangelist"" of the 1920s and 1930s. She began her preaching career at age eleven, published a monthly magazine by age twelve, and by age fourteen was regularly packing the largest venues in major American cities, including Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden. She stood toe to toe with Billy Sunday and Aimee Semple McPherson, the most famous revivalist preachers of the day. She became a darling of the secular press and was mimicked and modeled in fiction and plays.
In Preacher Girl, the first full biography of Utley, author Thomas Robinson shows that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Baylor University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Waco, United States
ISBN
9781481303958
SKU
V9781481303958
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Reviews for Preacher Girl: Uldine Utley and the Industry of Revival
Building on Utley's own writing, Robinson skillfully weaves into this biography of Utley during her years of fame snapshots of the multiple contexts in which she came to shine.
Choice ...an engaging and meticulously researched biography of the childhood career of Pentecostal revivalist Uldine Utley.
Emily Bailey
Reading Religion [Robinson] provides a full account of the controversies ... Read more
Choice ...an engaging and meticulously researched biography of the childhood career of Pentecostal revivalist Uldine Utley.
Emily Bailey
Reading Religion [Robinson] provides a full account of the controversies ... Read more