Greg Ivey
02-07-02

Billy Sunday

The book I read was Billy Sunday. It consists of 189 pages and was written by William T. Ellis in 1959.
Billy Sunday starts off with the author representing Billy Sunday as "one of God's tools." He is described in great detail as to how God used him to stir up millions to change their ways and "hit the sawdust trail."
In 1862, William Ashley (yes, his middle name was Ashley) Sunday was born to a fatherless home in Ames, Iowa. His father had died whilst serving for his divided country in the Civil War. Billy had received his name from his brave and valiant father.
As a 20 year old youth in 1883, Billy played baseball in the lots of his neighborhood in Marshalltown, Iowa. One day the captain for the Chicago White Sox, A.C. Anson, was in the lots watching all the teenagers, young adults, and Billy Sunday playing baseball. Anson was so impressed with what he had seen in Billy's baseball performance that Billy was signed unto......

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Title: Billy Sunday
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Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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