Volume 1: 32 Amazing Stories of Answered Prayer
In Volume 1 of Miracles in American History, you will read about the most desperate circumstances in America’s past. Explore how men and women rose up with faith and courage, and situations unexplainably changed.
Many of these stories are not well known, and they tell of true events that occurred throughout the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the Barbary Pirate War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, WWI, WWII, and Apollo 13.
Explore the following:
- In 1746, 70 ships with approximately 13,000 troops sailed from France to lay waste to the American colonies. The Massachusetts governor at that time, William Shirley, proclaimed a Day of Fasting. Read about what happened next!
- After the Battle of Monongahela, George Washington penned a letter to his younger brother, John Augustine Washington, on July 18, 1755, giving glory to God for surviving four bullets through his coat, and having two horses shot from underneath him during the fight.
- On June 1st, 1774, Thomas Jefferson declared a Day of Fasting. Read more about how this lead to the forming of the Continental Congress, and eventually Independence.
- Read about how Benedict Arnold’s betrayal of West Point was discovered.
- President Lincoln proclaimed a Day of Fasting for April 30 in the year 1865. Two days later, a freak accident occurred, which changed the course of the Civil War.
- The book also covers Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover’s declarations during the WWI and Great Depression eras.
Volume 2: Amazing Faith that Shaped the Nation
In Volume 2, you will read about the following, and much more:
- The Faith of the Moravian Missionaries
- The Great Awakening Revivals in America
- Courageous Women of the Revolution
- Francis Asbury and the Circuit-Riding Preachers
- Early Black Preachers and Missionaries
- Newton and Wilberforce
- Second Great Awakening Camp Meetings
- Missionaries to Hawaii
- Evangelist Dwight L. Moody
- Booker T. Washington’s Wisdom and World Influence
- Baseball Star to National Preacher: Billy Sunday
- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “I have a dream”
- Evangelist Billy Graham
- Prayer on the Moon, the NASA astronauts
Book Details
About the Authors
William J. Federer is a speaker, best-selling author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc., a publishing company dedicated to researching America’s noble heritage. He and his wife, Susie, wrote Miracles in American History to inform readers of, and to celebrate the rich history of America and answered prayers to real life events that took place throughout the Nation’s history.
