Just as I am
Subtitle: the autobiography of Billy Graham
By: Billy Graham.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco; Zondervan
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [San Francisco, Calif.]; [Grand Rapids, Mich.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 760
Subjects: Graham, Billy, 1918-; Evangelists -- United States -- Biography
Description: In Just As I Am, Billy Graham looks back at it all - remembering his dairy farm upbringing, his early preaching experiences, and the overwhelming international response to his public ministry based on his unshakable belief in Christ.

Billy Graham Crusades have reached more than 200 million people in person, and millions more have heard him on radio, television, and film. He has been welcomed behind the Iron Curtain, into China and North Korea, and on every continent. And, at a time when many public figures seem scandal-prone, Dr.

Graham maintains an unimpeachable reputation and powerful presence by managing his organization scrupulously, limiting his personal earnings, and urging cooperation rather than competition among all religious people.

Discussing his relationship with heads of state as diverse as Queen Elizabeth II, the Shah of Iran, and Kim Il Sung, Dr. Graham also shares such memorable encounters as his plane trip with civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., when an engine caught fire, and his tragic unsuccessful attempt to warn President John F. Kennedy, Jr., about the danger of his trip to Dallas.

Dr. Graham details his friendships with nine U.S. presidents, beginning with Eisenhower and including Johnson and Nixon and continuing to this day with Bill Clinton.
Notes: "Books by Billy Graham": p. 741-742.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Between two presidents : Harry S. Truman, 1950, Kim Il Sung, 1992; title: Part one : Foundations 1918-1943; title: Down on the farm : roaring twenties and Depression thirties; title: The 180-degree turn : itinerant evangelists and traveling salesmen; title: Called to preach : Bob Jones College 1936, Florida Bible Institute 1937-1940; title: Northern exposure : Wheaton College, the Tabernacle, 1940-1943; title: Part two : A ministry begins 1943-1949; title: Ruth : courtship and marriage, pastorate at Western Springs, Youth for Christ; title: Youth for Christ : the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Europe 1945-1947; title: College president : Northwestern Schools 1948-1952; title: A growing outreach : Augusta, Modesto, Miami, Baltimore, Altoona, Forest Home 1948-1949; title: Part three : Turning points 1949-1955; title: Watershed : Los Angeles 1949; title: Whirlwind : Boston, Columbia, New England, the Team 1950; title: Building for the future : Portland, films, radio (The Hour of Decision), the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Atlanta 1950; title: The general who became President : President Dwight D. Eisenhower; title: Breakthrough in Britain : London 1954; title: Impact in Europe : The continent, Scotland, Cambridge 1954-1955; title: Part four : To the ends of the earth 1956-1967; title: Into Asia : India, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Formosa (Taiwan), Japan, Korea 1956; title: The power of the printed page : "My Answer," books, Christianity Today, Decision; title: Marathon in Manhattan : New York 1957; title: To earth's ends : Australia 1959, Africa and the Middle East 1960; title: Into all the world : the Caribbean 1958, Chicago 1962, South America 1962, Mexico 1981; title: First steps behind the Iron Curtain : Moscow 1959, Poland 1966, Yugoslavia 1967; title: Part five : World in upheaval 1960-1976; title: The thousand days : President John F. Kennedy; title: Tall timber from Texas : President Lyndon B. Johnson; title: Reaching out to a broken world : Miami Rock Festival, Universities, Ireland and South Africa, television and films, disasters 1960s-1970s; title: My Quaker friend : President Richard M. Nixon; title: The healer from Michigan : President Gerald Ford; title: Part six : New frontiers 1977-1997; title: Openings in the Curtain : Hungary 1977, Poland 1978; title: The Sunday school teacher from Georgia : President Jimmy Carter; title: Moscow and beyond : Moscow 1982, East Germany and Czechoslovakia 1982, the Soviet Union 1984; title: Leading with wit and conviction : President Ronald Reagan; title: A new day dawning : Romania, Hungary, Russia 1985-1992; title: Broadening the vision : conferences and congresses (Montreux, Berlin, Lausanne, Amsterdam) 1960-1986; title: A leader with experience and energy : President George Bush; title: The Pacific giant : China 1988-1994; title: Through unexpected doors : North Korea 1992 and 1994; title: New days, new directions : the Internet, television and satellites, evangelism training, outreach to youth 1990s; title: From Arkansas to Washington : President Bill Clinton; title: Part seven : Reflections; title: A team effort : those who made it possible; title: A half-century of friends : from death row to Buckingham Palace; title: At home : reflections on my family; title: The best is yet to be : looking to the future; title: Billy Graham Crusades; title: Books by Billy Graham