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A Handful of Stars: Concepts on Preaching, compiled and edited by Maxine McCall
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Posthumorously, Berk by Berny Berquist and Maxine McCall
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Silver Wings and a Gold Star by Edna Daves McCall
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They Won't Hang a Woman by Maxine McCall Available Mid 2007 PrePublicaion Price NC Residents: Total includes $1.95 Shipping and $0.70 NC Sales Tax
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A Handful of Stars: Concepts on Preaching, compiled and edited by Maxine McCall
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Posthumorously, Berk by Berny Berquist and Maxine McCall
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Silver Wings and a Gold Star by Edna Daves McCall
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They Won't Hang a Woman by Maxine McCall Available Mid 2007 PrePublicaion Price NC Residents: Total includes $1.95 Shipping and $0.70 NC Sales Tax
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A Handful of Stars: Concepts on Preaching by Maurice Berquist and Gerald Marvel; Compiled and edited by Maxine McCall
If a survey were taken within the Church of God (Anderson, IN) to name the most popular speakers in recent years within that movement, two names would surely surface at or near the top of the list: Maurice Berquist and Gerald Marvel.
In many ways these two pulpit giants are similar in their captivating style. Both preach without notes. Both are master story tellers. Both preach with a deep-seated passion for God's Word and a commitment to make it understandable to common people.
Both are skilled at making Scripture relevant to everyday life. And both are remarkably gifted in the art of painting memorable pictures that nail home their ideas in ways hard to forget. It is not unusual to find people who can recite almost word for word some favorite illustration they heard one of these two men use in a sermon years before.
From Berk's manuscripts and a collection of audio tapes from Mid-America Christian University, where Berk and Gerald conducted preaching seminars, Maxine McCall has captured the secrets of their preaching success for anyone who would learn from these master how to be more effective in the pulpit.
Talking enthusiastically to Marvel one day about their prospective book, Berk quoted a couple of lines from "Caliban in the Coal Mines" by Louis Untermeyer.
God if you wish for our love,
Fling us a handful of Stars!
"That's what we should call the book," he said. "A Handful of Stars."
This softcover book -- 5 1/2 x 9 -- contains 238 pages.
The compiler and editor of this volume, Maxine McCall, the author of What Mean These Stones?, Etched in Granite, and They Won't Hang a Woman, makes her home in Drexel, NC, where she served as an Area Administrator for the Church of God (Anderson, IN) from 1980 to 2000. A graduate of Appalachian State University and an educator, she often teaches speech, composition, and literature at Western Piedmont Community College.(Return to catalog of books)
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Posthumorously, Berk: Life Story of a Man on a Mission by Berny Berquist and Maxine McCall
Maurice Berquist was an extraordinary man with a remarkable ministry. Millions around the world loved him for his caring heart and captivating sermons. His preaching had a powerful effect because he spent a lifetime probing the Bible cover to cover and perfecting his ability to preach the Word in a simple and engaging way, so that ordinary people could understand and, as a result, find from God the help they needed.
No one could inspire like "Berk." He could find ten sermons in a walk around the block. He saw a sermon in every leaf, a parable in power lines, a sermon in suffering. He took the profound wisdom of Scripture, dressed it in everyday clothes, colored it with imagination and wit, and served up heaping helpings of inspiration and laughter that were unforgettable.
With humor and candor, Berk's wife, Berny, and Maxine McCall trace the life of this son of Swedish Immigrants who became one of the most beloved preachers in America and around the world. In their words: "Posthumorously, Berk is compelling reading from start to finish. You will laugh; you will cry. We hope these pages will be a source of continued inspiration -- a joyous reminder of this wonderful man whom Doug and Laura Lee Oldham once dubbed 'an art treasure in the Kingdom of God.'"
This hardcover book -- 8 1/2 x 11 gift edition -- contains 248 pages with over 225 photos and drawings along with sermons and excerpts from previously unpublished writings, letters, journals, manuscripts, and poems.
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Comments:
"They say words are cheap and memories are short. In the case of Maurice Berquist, there are many memories worth keeping alive; and the book Posthumorously, Berk does so eloquently, with well-chosen words and photographs that are a feast for the eyes. One of the better done biographies I have seen."
-- Dr. Barry Callen, former Dean of the Anderson University School of Theology
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Silver Wings and a Gold Star by Edna Daves McCall
2004 Winner of the Willie Parker Peace History Award
from the North Carolina Society of Historians
Most Americans remember the "D-Day of June 6, 1944," when Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy; few know the story of an earlier "D-Day" -- November 8, 1942 -- when American and British forces made their FIRST move against Axis powers in a daring invasion of North Africa to open a "second front" in the war against Hitler and from there to launch a deadly strike at what Churchill called "the soft underbelly of Europe."
Silver Wings and a Gold Star tells that exciting and suspenseful story through the exploits of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion -- the FIRST American paratroops to jump into combat and the most decorated parachute unit in World War II. This highly readable account features 150 letters written by paratrooper Robert D. Daves to family members during the War and recollections of other members of the 509th after the War. Being the FIRST paratroops to engage the Germans in World War II, the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion accrued a long list of achievements as they fought from North Africa through Italy and Southern France and on to the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium.
First American Infantry unit to arrive in England -- 6/10/1942
First American Combat Parachute Jumpers -- 11/8/1942
Longest Airborne Invasion of WWII
First Paratroopers awarded Combat Infantry Badge
First Paratroopers to spearhead an amphibious invasion -- Anzio
Most decorated Parachute Battalion of WWII: 1718 Purple Hearts
First American infantry outfit to be awarded a foreign unit badge during WWII
First Parachute outfit to receive Presidential Unit Citations
First American military unit to wear a beret
Developed First Airborne Pathfinders
First Airborne Combat Riggers
First American Paratrooper KIA -- Lt. David Kunkle
First Paratrooper to have a training facility named after him -- Pvt. Thomas Mackall
First Paratrooper Distinguished Service Cross winner -- Capt. William P. Moir
First Paratrooper to win Congressional Medal of Honor -- Cpl. Paul Huff
Hold Wartime British/American low-altitude jump record
Drafted into the Army in the fall of 1941, Robert D. Daves, in January of 1942, joined a new (still highly experimental) fighting unit of the Army -- the Paratroops. For most people in 1942, riding in an airplane was unthinkable, much less volunteering to jump out of one! After rigorous training, Robert's outfit (ultimately designated as the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion) was singled out to become the first Paratroops to jump in combat in WWII. After intense training with the British in England, they participated in the Allied invasion of North Africa on November 8, 1942, and in the invasion of Italy in September of 1943. On November 23, 1943, Robert was wounded on a mountain in Italy and declared "Missing in Action." Six anxious years would pass before his body was found and returned home for burial on November 10, 1949. But that was only the beginning of a 60-year search by the family to find out what actually happened to Robert that fateful day when a German ambush took his life.
Silver Wings and a Gold Star, written by Robert's sister, Edna Daves McCall, tells that story in a historically accurate and moving tribute to the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion and their pioneering role in World War II. This 7 x 10 hardcover book contains 352 pages with index; 280 photographs, illustrations, maps; and 150 of Robert's letters written home during the war.
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Comments:
"Your outstanding book, Silver Wings and a Gold Star, brings back a flood of memories involving the dramatic events and extraordinary individuals that were the foundation of today's magnificent Airborne forces. Your tribute to them and to your brother is magnificent and deserved."
-- Lt. Gen. William P. Yarborough, Commander of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion 1943-1945
"In this carefully researched work, Edna McCall takes us into World War II with young paratrooper Robert Daves. Through a fascinating blend of letters sent home by young Daves and the written accounts of men who trained and fought with him, the fate of Daves and the other members of the first U.S. paratroops to jump in combat becomes gripping and personal. This powerful and often intense telling will hold appeal for both casual readers and students of history seeking little-known information about World War II."
-- Fred Cranford, Educator, historian, author of the NC outdoor drama From This Day Forward(Return to catalog of Books)
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They Won't Hang a Woman (Heritage Edition), by Maxine McCall
For more than thirty years, Maxine McCall's They Won't Hang a Woman has captivated the imagination of those who have read or seen dramatized presentations of her fictional recounting of Burke County's most sensational case of crime and punishment.
In 1832 Frankie Silver was tried by the State Superior Court in Morganton, North Carolina, for killing her husband Charlie with an axe and burning his remains in the fireplace of their mountain home to conceal the deed. She pled her innocence, but was never allowed to testify in court. After the jury declared her guilty and the judge sentenced her to hang, a daring escape disguised as a man fueled even more talk about the crime. Nearly 175 years later, the talk continues about Frankie Silver and her infamous deed.
Who was this black-hearted murderess who committed so vile a crime? What lessons for today might lie in this tragic tale from Burke County's haunted past?
Maxine McCall's carefully researched story -- told as Frankie's personal testimony -- was among the first literary works to present a sympathetic portrait of Frankie Silver as a young woman who may have been wronged by the courts. Evidence based on reliable testimonies of persons living at the time of the trial reveals that Frankie may have acted in self-defense.
This new 100 page hardcover "Heritage Edition" of They Won't Hang a Woman contains Maxine McCall's original story with new illustrations by Jackie Deaton, an expanded Appendix containing additional information and photographs pertaining to the story, and Cheryl Oxford's adaptation of the story for dramatic presentation.
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Comments:
-- Wayne Silver, Silver family historian, speaking of the 1972 edition of They Won't Hang a Woman said: "We loved your Book. Of all the ones who've written about Frankie, you are the only one who gave her a chance."
-- Stanley Moore, editor of The News Herald, Morganton, speaking of the first edition in 1972: "Much work went into the preparation of They Won't Hang a Woman and Mrs. McCall deserves the thanks of Burke County for helping students of local history to regard Frances Silver as a human being, even an understandable human. The fictionalization, while admitted as such, helps to make her understandable. Any other interpretation would have pictured Frankie as a mad, almost maniacal killer who had been a jealous wife, if she had actually been guilty of the premeditation that is essential of first degree murder.
Mrs. McCall's interpretation is in keeping with the recorded beliefs of persons with a reputed knowledge of circumstances who have been quoted as saying that Frankie Silver would never have been convicted if she could have told what happened.
Pursuing that theory, Mrs. McCall presents the case of poor Frankie in such a fashion that her readers are inclined to think Frankie is entitled to a new trial now, even after 138 years (now more than 170 years) since Burke County gained the unenviable distinction of putting to death 'the first woman hanged in North Carolina.'"
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A Handful of Stars: Concepts on Preaching by Maurice Berquist and Gerald Marvel; Compiled and edited by Maxine McCall
If a survey were taken within the Church of God (Anderson, IN) to name the most popular speakers in recent years within that movement, two names would surely surface at or near the top of the list: Maurice Berquist and Gerald Marvel.
In many ways these two pulpit giants are similar in their captivating style. Both preach without notes. Both are master story tellers. Both preach with a deep-seated passion for God's Word and a commitment to make it understandable to common people.
Both are skilled at making Scripture relevant to everyday life. And both are remarkably gifted in the art of painting memorable pictures that nail home their ideas in ways hard to forget. It is not unusual to find people who can recite almost word for word some favorite illustration they heard one of these two men use in a sermon years before.
From Berk's manuscripts and a collection of audio tapes from Mid-America Christian University, where Berk and Gerald conducted preaching seminars, Maxine McCall has captured the secrets of their preaching success for anyone who would learn from these master how to be more effective in the pulpit.
Talking enthusiastically to Marvel one day about their prospective book, Berk quoted a couple of lines from "Caliban in the Coal Mines" by Louis Untermeyer.
God if you wish for our love,
Fling us a handful of Stars!
"That's what we should call the book," he said. "A Handful of Stars."
This softcover book -- 5 1/2 x 9 -- contains 238 pages.
The compiler and editor of this volume, Maxine McCall, the author of What Mean These Stones?, Etched in Granite, and They Won't Hang a Woman, makes her home in Drexel, NC, where she served as an Area Administrator for the Church of God (Anderson, IN) from 1980 to 2000. A graduate of Appalachian State University and an educator, she often teaches speech, composition, and literature at Western Piedmont Community College.(Return to catalog of books)
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Posthumorously, Berk: Life Story of a Man on a Mission by Berny Berquist and Maxine McCall
Maurice Berquist was an extraordinary man with a remarkable ministry. Millions around the world loved him for his caring heart and captivating sermons. His preaching had a powerful effect because he spent a lifetime probing the Bible cover to cover and perfecting his ability to preach the Word in a simple and engaging way, so that ordinary people could understand and, as a result, find from God the help they needed.
No one could inspire like "Berk." He could find ten sermons in a walk around the block. He saw a sermon in every leaf, a parable in power lines, a sermon in suffering. He took the profound wisdom of Scripture, dressed it in everyday clothes, colored it with imagination and wit, and served up heaping helpings of inspiration and laughter that were unforgettable.
With humor and candor, Berk's wife, Berny, and Maxine McCall trace the life of this son of Swedish Immigrants who became one of the most beloved preachers in America and around the world. In their words: "Posthumorously, Berk is compelling reading from start to finish. You will laugh; you will cry. We hope these pages will be a source of continued inspiration -- a joyous reminder of this wonderful man whom Doug and Laura Lee Oldham once dubbed 'an art treasure in the Kingdom of God.'"
This hardcover book -- 8 1/2 x 11 gift edition -- contains 248 pages with over 225 photos and drawings along with sermons and excerpts from previously unpublished writings, letters, journals, manuscripts, and poems.
_______________________________
Comments:
"They say words are cheap and memories are short. In the case of Maurice Berquist, there are many memories worth keeping alive; and the book Posthumorously, Berk does so eloquently, with well-chosen words and photographs that are a feast for the eyes. One of the better done biographies I have seen."
-- Dr. Barry Callen, former Dean of the Anderson University School of Theology
(Return to catalog of books)
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Silver Wings and a Gold Star by Edna Daves McCall
2004 Winner of the Willie Parker Peace History Award
from the North Carolina Society of Historians
Most Americans remember the "D-Day of June 6, 1944," when Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy; few know the story of an earlier "D-Day" -- November 8, 1942 -- when American and British forces made their FIRST move against Axis powers in a daring invasion of North Africa to open a "second front" in the war against Hitler and from there to launch a deadly strike at what Churchill called "the soft underbelly of Europe."
Silver Wings and a Gold Star tells that exciting and suspenseful story through the exploits of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion -- the FIRST American paratroops to jump into combat and the most decorated parachute unit in World War II. This highly readable account features 150 letters written by paratrooper Robert D. Daves to family members during the War and recollections of other members of the 509th after the War. Being the FIRST paratroops to engage the Germans in World War II, the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion accrued a long list of achievements as they fought from North Africa through Italy and Southern France and on to the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium.
First American Infantry unit to arrive in England -- 6/10/1942
First American Combat Parachute Jumpers -- 11/8/1942
Longest Airborne Invasion of WWII
First Paratroopers awarded Combat Infantry Badge
First Paratroopers to spearhead an amphibious invasion -- Anzio
Most decorated Parachute Battalion of WWII: 1718 Purple Hearts
First American infantry outfit to be awarded a foreign unit badge during WWII
First Parachute outfit to receive Presidential Unit Citations
First American military unit to wear a beret
Developed First Airborne Pathfinders
First Airborne Combat Riggers
First American Paratrooper KIA -- Lt. David Kunkle
First Paratrooper to have a training facility named after him -- Pvt. Thomas Mackall
First Paratrooper Distinguished Service Cross winner -- Capt. William P. Moir
First Paratrooper to win Congressional Medal of Honor -- Cpl. Paul Huff
Hold Wartime British/American low-altitude jump record
Drafted into the Army in the fall of 1941, Robert D. Daves, in January of 1942, joined a new (still highly experimental) fighting unit of the Army -- the Paratroops. For most people in 1942, riding in an airplane was unthinkable, much less volunteering to jump out of one! After rigorous training, Robert's outfit (ultimately designated as the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion) was singled out to become the first Paratroops to jump in combat in WWII. After intense training with the British in England, they participated in the Allied invasion of North Africa on November 8, 1942, and in the invasion of Italy in September of 1943. On November 23, 1943, Robert was wounded on a mountain in Italy and declared "Missing in Action." Six anxious years would pass before his body was found and returned home for burial on November 10, 1949. But that was only the beginning of a 60-year search by the family to find out what actually happened to Robert that fateful day when a German ambush took his life.
Silver Wings and a Gold Star, written by Robert's sister, Edna Daves McCall, tells that story in a historically accurate and moving tribute to the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion and their pioneering role in World War II. This 7 x 10 hardcover book contains 352 pages with index; 280 photographs, illustrations, maps; and 150 of Robert's letters written home during the war.
_______________________________
Comments:
"Your outstanding book, Silver Wings and a Gold Star, brings back a flood of memories involving the dramatic events and extraordinary individuals that were the foundation of today's magnificent Airborne forces. Your tribute to them and to your brother is magnificent and deserved."
-- Lt. Gen. William P. Yarborough, Commander of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion 1943-1945
"In this carefully researched work, Edna McCall takes us into World War II with young paratrooper Robert Daves. Through a fascinating blend of letters sent home by young Daves and the written accounts of men who trained and fought with him, the fate of Daves and the other members of the first U.S. paratroops to jump in combat becomes gripping and personal. This powerful and often intense telling will hold appeal for both casual readers and students of history seeking little-known information about World War II."
-- Fred Cranford, Educator, historian, author of the NC outdoor drama From This Day Forward(Return to catalog of Books)
________________________________________________________________________________
They Won't Hang a Woman (Heritage Edition), by Maxine McCall
For more than thirty years, Maxine McCall's They Won't Hang a Woman has captivated the imagination of those who have read or seen dramatized presentations of her fictional recounting of Burke County's most sensational case of crime and punishment.
In 1832 Frankie Silver was tried by the State Superior Court in Morganton, North Carolina, for killing her husband Charlie with an axe and burning his remains in the fireplace of their mountain home to conceal the deed. She pled her innocence, but was never allowed to testify in court. After the jury declared her guilty and the judge sentenced her to hang, a daring escape disguised as a man fueled even more talk about the crime. Nearly 175 years later, the talk continues about Frankie Silver and her infamous deed.
Who was this black-hearted murderess who committed so vile a crime? What lessons for today might lie in this tragic tale from Burke County's haunted past?
Maxine McCall's carefully researched story -- told as Frankie's personal testimony -- was among the first literary works to present a sympathetic portrait of Frankie Silver as a young woman who may have been wronged by the courts. Evidence based on reliable testimonies of persons living at the time of the trial reveals that Frankie may have acted in self-defense.
This new 100 page hardcover "Heritage Edition" of They Won't Hang a Woman contains Maxine McCall's original story with new illustrations by Jackie Deaton, an expanded Appendix containing additional information and photographs pertaining to the story, and Cheryl Oxford's adaptation of the story for dramatic presentation.
_______________________________
Comments:
-- Wayne Silver, Silver family historian, speaking of the 1972 edition of They Won't Hang a Woman said: "We loved your Book. Of all the ones who've written about Frankie, you are the only one who gave her a chance."
-- Stanley Moore, editor of The News Herald, Morganton, speaking of the first edition in 1972: "Much work went into the preparation of They Won't Hang a Woman and Mrs. McCall deserves the thanks of Burke County for helping students of local history to regard Frances Silver as a human being, even an understandable human. The fictionalization, while admitted as such, helps to make her understandable. Any other interpretation would have pictured Frankie as a mad, almost maniacal killer who had been a jealous wife, if she had actually been guilty of the premeditation that is essential of first degree murder.
Mrs. McCall's interpretation is in keeping with the recorded beliefs of persons with a reputed knowledge of circumstances who have been quoted as saying that Frankie Silver would never have been convicted if she could have told what happened.
Pursuing that theory, Mrs. McCall presents the case of poor Frankie in such a fashion that her readers are inclined to think Frankie is entitled to a new trial now, even after 138 years (now more than 170 years) since Burke County gained the unenviable distinction of putting to death 'the first woman hanged in North Carolina.'"
(