Building a Marshall Family Collection - Part 002

9 Books by the Marshall family, including "A Man Called Peter" by Catherine Marhsall, and "The Light and the Glory" by Peter John Marshall.

For nearly a decade I have collected books and audio visual media by or about the family of Peter and Catherine Marshall.

Rev. Peter Marshall. Image from Wikipedia Commons

The Rev. Peter Marshall (1902-1949) was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister who became the chaplain for the U.S. Senate. After he passed away at the age of 46, his wife Catherine (1914-1983) wrote a book about his journey. Titled " A Man Called Peter" (1951) it was a bestseller and led to a motion picture from 20th Century Fox in 1955. His life was also adapted as serialized story on the Moody Bible series "Stories of Great Christians". Their son Peter John Marshall (1940-2010) would also become a pastor. 

The success of her first book encouraged Catherine to write many additional books like Christy (1967) which was later turned into a 1990s tv series starring Kellie Martin. Catherine Marshall also wrote children's books and devotionals. She later married editor Leonard LeSourd. The LeSourd were co-founders with John and Elizabeth Sherrill of Chosen Books.

My Marshall Family Collection is still in storage, but I just came across the top image from my former library. 

Part of my former library shelf, with books about Bible Storytelling Media.