Confessions Of A Maverick Minister by Grafton McCready Thomas
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Confessions Of A Maverick Minister


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In this delightful and revealing memoir, Grafton Thomas recounts his generations-spanning passage from a boyhood in a small Illinois town, where his friends could safely roll "rigamagig" wagons down the middle of the streets, into an adulthood as a quiet crusader for social and racial justice, battling successfully against a crime syndicate that stretched from his small town into the governor's office, and less successfully against the Daley political machine in Chicago.Join this 20th century journey through America's heartland, from the bad--a "rite of passage" in the rugged Canadian north from which one boy never returned, a sudden expulsion from a parish, facing a death threat, and struggling to save a dying church--to the good--integrating Campbell Soup and other successful struggles towards racial justice, lifelong friendships, and a love that has lasted for nearly 75 years. This is the American Century through the eyes of Grafton McCready Thomas--"Mac" to most.
About the Author: Grafton Thomas was born in 1915 into a world where horse-drawn wagons still competed with Henry Ford's Model T on city streets. Men were slowly shedding their mustaches and women their corsets, the Boy Scouts had just arrived, the newfangled invention was "radio," and America had yet to fight in any World War. This peripatetic story begins in Hinsdale, Illinois, and closes in Northport, Michigan. Along the way, we will sojourn at Olivet College; in small towns like Berlin Heights and Florence in Ohio, and Spring Valley and Alton in Illinois; and in the cities of Rockford and Chicago. "I earnestly wish to share a secret," writes the author. "Always be grateful for the people and circumstances that have blessed you. Gratitude is by far the best springboard for a happy and constructive life. Gratitude will always bring light and scatter the darkness."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780981881102
  • Publisher: Old Scott Farm
  • Publisher Imprint: Old Scott Farm
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 498
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: A Life Of Butterscotch, Horseradish, And Strawberry Pie
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0981881106
  • Publisher Date: 19 Nov 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 929 gr


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