From the rear cover of this 342 page book: "It was 1938, in the golden era of Ivy League football. For the second consecutive year the Dartmouth squad seemed headed for a championship, with a combination of talent that had caught the attention of the national press. One star member was a tough, dynamic quarterback from Saugus, Massachusetts, Harrington K. Gates. Dartmouth hopes ran high that season as legendary coach 'Red' Blaik received shocking news: Gates was quitting. He claimed religious reasons but seemed hard put to explain what they were. When he turned up on the New Hampshire property of an obscure Christian movement known as the Kingdom, the reasons began to look sensational. Certainly that was how the national media looked at it. From 'Time' on down, they trumpeted the story: 'Star Athlete Quits Dartmouth for Religious Life'. Why did he do it? What was this 'religious life'? What moved him to spend years in menial farm labor? And who was Frank W. Sandford, the movement's leader? In this memoir, Gates tells the tale from the vantage point of fifty years later. Myths are laid to rest; details hidden for decades are here pieced together. This is his story, dwelling chiefly on the heart of his career: twelve years spent in close association with Frank Sandford. And it is also Sandford's story. Their relationship was unique, sometimes stormy, but rooted in Christian ministry that was prophetic. Here is Gates' lyrical portrait of a man of remarkable personal magnetism, whose zealous pursuit of God struck many, as it did the author - as marking one who was 'more than a prophet'."

More than a prophet: Twelve years with F.W. Sandford

Gates, Harry

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