The rise of Peter Marshall, from modest Scottish upbringing, to New York seminary, time in Atlanta churches, his marriage, appointment as chaplain of the US Senate, and early death at 46. Based on real events.
I did not know who Peter Marshall was. For the most part, I still don't. But I am a sucker for historical films, and if they tell the story of an American I knew little about, I find them all the more interesting. So many people were important in our nation's history but most are overshadowed. This film allows a lesser-known man his time in the sun.
While this is a film about Peter, worth noting is that Catherine Marshall developed a career as a writer, publishing more than 220 books. These included many editions of her late husband's sermons, several of her own inspirational books, and the best-selling novel Christy, inspired by her mother's accounts of her early teaching years in Appalachia. Indeed, had Catherine not written a biography of her husband, he would be forgotten today.
I did not know who Peter Marshall was. For the most part, I still don't. But I am a sucker for historical films, and if they tell the story of an American I knew little about, I find them all the more interesting. So many people were important in our nation's history but most are overshadowed. This film allows a lesser-known man his time in the sun.
While this is a film about Peter, worth noting is that Catherine Marshall developed a career as a writer, publishing more than 220 books. These included many editions of her late husband's sermons, several of her own inspirational books, and the best-selling novel Christy, inspired by her mother's accounts of her early teaching years in Appalachia. Indeed, had Catherine not written a biography of her husband, he would be forgotten today.