Sister Aimee was a scamp in school, a young widow in China, and a neurotic housewife in Rhode Island, but when the Lord spoke to her, she accepted her ministry and began preaching. This book “fills a significant gap in the history of revivalism” (New York Times Book Review). Photographs.
A powerhouse biography, Sister Aimee fills a significant gap in the history of revivalism, America's most distinctive religious form, with the sensational tale of Aimee McPherson--an evangelist who had greater drawing power than Houdini, Teddy Roosevelt, or P.T. Barnum before she paid the price for her fame.
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Sister Aimee was a scamp in school, a young widow in China, and a neurotic housewife in Rhode Island, but when the Lord spoke to her, she accepted her ministry and began preaching. This book “fills a significant gap in the history of revivalism” (New York Times Book Review). Photographs.
A powerhouse biography, Sister Aimee fills a significant gap in the history of revivalism, America's most distinctive religious form, with the sensational tale of Aimee McPherson--an evangelist who had greater drawing power than Houdini, Teddy Roosevelt, or P.T. Barnum before she paid the price for her fame.