Fulton Oursler (1893–1952)
Author of The Greatest Story Ever Told
About the Author
Series
Works by Fulton Oursler
The Greatest Faith Ever Known: The Story of the Men Who First Spread the Religion of Jesus and of the Momentous Times in Which They Lived (1976) 341 copies, 3 reviews
The Greatest Book Ever Written / The Greatest Story Ever Told / The Greatest Faith Ever Known (1979) 20 copies
Stepchild of the Moon 2 copies
Three Things We Can Believe In 2 copies
Ship of Sleepless Men 1 copy
Almost the Perfect Detective 1 copy
English For Life 1 copy
Pater Flanagan von Boys Town 1 copy
Liberty - Vol. 12, No. 45 1 copy
The World's Delight 1 copy
Dutch Treat Club, 1937 1 copy
The Shadow of a Doubt 1 copy
Spirit Mediums Exposed 1 copy
Associated Works
To the Queen's Taste: The First Supplement to 101 Years Entertainment Consisting of the Best Stories Published in the First Four Years of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1946) — Contributor — 28 copies
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- Legal name
- Oursler Sr., Charles Fulton
- Other names
- Abbot, Anthony (pseudonym)
Frikell, Samri (pseudonym) - Birthdate
- 1893-01-22
- Date of death
- 1952-05-24
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- journalist
editor
playwright
writer - Organizations
- Metropolitan Magazine
Liberty
Macfadden Publications
Reader's Digest
Baker Street Irregulars - Relationships
- Oursler, Will (son)
Oursler, Grace Perkins (wife) - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Burial location
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- New York, USA
Members
Reviews
Although Oursler's language is a bit dated--and annoying with his occasional personal interjections, his version of Acts is still readable and enjoyable
An excellent little book, though one need carefully compare it to the scriptures themselves as the author tells the events in story form and has little self-restraint when it comes to "artistic license." Still, it is a wonderful little book and I recommend it, though a bit guardedly.
Completely faithful to the literal statements of the Scriptures, Oursler's retelling of the Old Testament sets real people against a painstakingly researched and vividly depicted background.
The story of Jesus life, using the gospels. There is some (a lot) liberty with the narrative but the story does flow. It makes for a nice read. I see what Oursler was doing with the story, there are some parts of the story that stretch what is in the Bible. I do not even know how to classify this book could say non-fiction but then there is much fiction in this book.
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Statistics
- Works
- 55
- Also by
- 12
- Members
- 2,526
- Popularity
- #10,157
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 17
- ISBNs
- 42
- Favorited
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