1970 – Key Biscayne Beach, Florida: On most Friday afternoons just before dark, old Ed showed up at the pier with a big bucket of shrimp. Soon he was joined by hundreds of circling seagulls. The birds had learned to anticipate his visits. As Ed tossed the shrimp, he...
July 2000 – Amsterdam, Holland: Maemae Mincaye stood at the podium at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Conference. With more than 11,000 attendees from 209 countries, it was the largest event ever of its kind. Mincaye’s Macaw headdress, pig-tooth necklace and the large...
April 2001 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, Tennessee: Bart stood backstage at the historic auditorium. One of his Christian music heroes, Amy Grant, was singing his song, I Can Only Imagine. After singing the chorus, she called him on stage to sing the song with her....
February 21, 2012 – Mobile Infirmary Hospital, Mobile, Alabama: The doctor called Barbara in the late afternoon. There was urgency in his voice. He wanted her in Mobile for an early morning biopsy the following day, and she would need a driver. Her sister Kathy...
September 29, 1953 – Wandsworth Prison – London, England: Alfred Hinds sat in his cell, dejected and despondent. His two-day trial had been a farce. After not allowing five of Hinds’s key witnesses to testify, the judge sentenced him to 12 years in prison for armed...
May 27, 1936 – Salinas, California: John Steinbeck reluctantly pinned the letter to his editor Elizabeth Otis. “My Irish Setter pup, Toby, left alone one night made confetti of my manuscript. I was pretty mad, but the poor little fellow may have been acting...