Profiles of Notable Missourians: For the Missouri Bicentennial

Description

In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Missouri (2021) entry into statehood, this book describes the lives and important contributions of thirty-four famous Missourians. Written by a famous Missourian, Dr. Thomas H. Olbricht, the book combines biographical information with a fresh approach of the author’s own reflections, memories, and connections with the subjects. Whether you are a Missourian or not, you will come to appreciate Missouri’s surprising influence on the State, the country, and the world.

Some of the colorful profiles included: Stephen F. Austin, Dale Carnegie, Walt Disney, Wyatt Earp, T. S. Eliot, Scott Joplin, JC Penney, Ginger Rogers, Dred Scot, Margaret Truman, Sam Walton, and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

(Contains more than 120 color photos and indices of Places and Names.)

Thomas H. Olbricht grew up in Southern Missouri.  He attended Harding University and received degrees at Northern Illinois University, the University of Iowa, and Harvard Divinity School.  Olbricht commenced preaching in 1948 in small congregations in Arkansas and Missouri.  In 1948 he helped found a Church of Christ in DeKalb, Illinois, where he served as the full time minister in 1949-51.  Olbricht has published books and essays on Biblical theology, rhetoric and church history, especially on the American Restoration Movement.  He has taught at Harding, the University of Dubuque, Abilene Christian, and Pepperdine University.