Biography

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) was an English general and statesman who led the Parliament of England 's armies against King Charles I during the English Civil War, and ruled the British Isles as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658. Cromwell is...

A biography of one of America's greatest revivalist, written by a close friend. 285 pages, Republished by Christian Book Gallery. Foreward to The Real Billy Sunday. " As a youngster, the name Billy Sunday was legendary. The very mention of his name even...

Minor based this brief history of the 16th president on an array of testimony from previous biographers and men who knew Lincoln personally. He challenges commonly-accepted perceptions of the martyred president.

This biography of Robert Sayers Sheffey weaves the story of a unique--in the true meaning of the word--man, the details of whose life entitle him to the mythical position he holds even today among the people of a part of the South, where, so many years...

The life of Charles Haddon Spurgeon should be studied by every Christian, especially those who are in the ministry. Mr. Spurgeon was England’s best-known Baptist preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. He pastored at the...

Presents Lee's qualities of character, and insists that Lee was a hero in all that he did, in all stages of his life, precisely because of his character.

Known primarily for his allegorical work, The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan was also a preacher, a gifted theologian and interpreter of Scripture. Academically, he was not a learned man, but when it came to practical and experiential...

This collection of essays portrays in touching and thrilling detail the heroism of the women of the Confederacy with accounts of their trials and sufferings during the War Between the States and the Reconstruction period, and demonstrates their ultimate...

The author was born near Boston in the year 1754. This volume chronicles his life and the happenings of his time period. It tells of his salvation at the age of 18, his conviction that turned him to preaching and teaching the word of God. It includes...

We have all read the stories of men and women who have achieved unbelievable success through their relentless pursuit of some goal or ambition. The characters described in this volume were also relentless in the pursuit of their goal–to completely...

What does it mean to hear God’s voice and follow it? And can we be certain of the calling God has for us as His children? From Biblical times to the present, men and women have asked these questions and forged out answers that enabled them to...

The particular characters in this volume, written by Edwin F. & Lillian G. Harvey, have been chosen because each heard a Voice and followed, regardless of the consequences. Having wrestled with their sinful natures, they saw in Redemption a cure for...