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*** Those who have read the book have much to say about this (and other) quality workings of Lloyd Douglas, so please be sure to check out ''community reviews'' at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/759187.Green_Light?from_search=true 1) Cover of ''Green Light'' pocket book edition (complete book) : ''How a young surgeon found a new purpose in life after he had been discredited by his colleagues and rejected by the woman he loved.'' 2) goodreads: ''Dean Harcourt, of a Middle-western cathedral, is the motivational force in this story of present-day America. The dean had been crippled by infantile paralysis early in his career and his subsequent suffering had made him more aware when the time came to right the wrong done to a young surgeon. He is also instrumental in bringing about the happiness of lonely, young Phyllis Dexter.'' 3) goodreads: ''Here is the powerful and inspiring novel that has guided hundreds of thousands of people and given them strength and comfort. The kindly Dean Harcourt with his simple wisdom has encouraged many to write to Lloyd Douglas for advice and help. He has brought pleasure, solace and inspiration into many lives.'' 4) The Chicago Daily Tribune: "There is something of the simple faith in it that has been proclaimed to be more than Norman blood."
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Edition1959Green LightLloyd C. DouglasCardinalPocket book
First published 1935Setting
1934
About the author
Lloyd C. Douglas
1877 – 1951
Lloyd Douglas spent thirty full years in the ministry before he retired to devote himself to writing. His novels are written with the purpose of inspiration, and he says he is "more concerned with healing bruised spirits than winning the applause of critics." Actually he succeeds magnificently in doing both, as you will know when you have read "White Banners," the story of a servant girl who hail a theory of behavior so practical and so unusual that you will come to ask yourself in times of trouble, "How would Hannah have solved my problem?" Since the publication in 1929 of his first novel, "Magnificent Obsession," his books achieved an ever wider popularity. More than 7,000,000 copies of L…
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