The Apostle to the Opelousas (Revised and Expanded Edition 2019, Band 2) - Softcover

Willis, Randy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1512326062 ISBN 13: 9781512326062

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

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The son of a white man and Cherokee slave, Joseph Willis gains his freedom and swims the mighty Mississippi in 1798, riding only a mule. He was born into slavery. His mother was Cherokee, and his father a wealthy English plantation owner.He fought as a Patriot in the Revolutionary War under General Francis Marion, The Swamp Fox.In the Louisiana Territory, he preaches the first Gospel sermon by an Evangelical west of the Mississippi River.After overcoming insurmountable obstacles, he blazed a trail for others for another half-century that changed American history.Joseph Willis's life is a story of triumph over tragedy and victory over adversity! His accomplishments are still felt today.

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Randy Willis is an American novelist, biographer, and music publisher. He is the author of Twice a Slave, Three Winds Blowing, Louisiana Wind, Beckoning Candle, The Apostle to the Opelousas, The Story of Joseph Willis, and many magazine and newspaper articles. Randy Willis...novels about adventure, family, faith, and the character of a man that touched generations.... Coming soon: A series of Children's Storybooks beginning with Ole Sally Swims the Mighty Mississippi. Twice a Slave has also been adapted into a dramatic play (vimeo.com/99360694) and (https: //youtu.be/8hMLYDQglkc) at Louisiana College, by Dr. D. "Pete" Richardson (Associate Professor of Theater with Louisiana College). Randy Willis owns Randy Willis Music Publishing (an ASCAP-affiliated music publishing company), and Town Lake Music Publishing, LLC (a BMI-affiliated music publishing company). He is an ASCAP-affiliated songwriter. He is the founder of Operation Warm Heart (vimeo.com/41195752) and (https: //youtu.be/o-zCvzH2kdU) which feeds and clothes the homeless, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Our Mission Possible (ourmp.org) in Austin, with the goal of empowering at-risk teens to discover their greatness . He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Joseph Willis Institute at Louisiana College. He was born in Oakdale, Louisiana. He lived on Barber Creek, between Forest Hill and Longleaf, Louisiana, as a boy. He currently resides in the Texas Hill Country. He graduated from Angleton High School in Angleton, Texas, and Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, with a BBA. He was a graduate student at Texas State University for six years. He is single and the father of three sons and has four grandchildren. All of his books are dedicated to them by name. Randy Willis is the fourth great-grandson of Joseph Willis, and his foremost historian. *** Website: http: //threewindsblowing.com E-mail: randywillis@twc.com

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• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1512326062
• ISBN 13: 9781512326062
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 425
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