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by: Douglas H. Gresham
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780805432466
ISBN: 0805432469
Label: B&H Publishing Group
Manufacturer: B&H Publishing Group
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 167
Publication Date: 2005-10
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Sales Rank: 172744
Studio: B&H Publishing Group
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Douglas Gresham claims that Jack Lewis was the finest man and the best Christian he has ever known. Of course, Jack to Douglas is C. S. Lewis to the rest of the world. The informal address Gresham uses to refer to the great writer is indicative of the intimacy he shared with Lewis for a dozen years, living in England as Lewis's stepson.
Jack's Life is an affectionate account of days now long gone. It is a personal memoir of a man who touched many in the classroom, even more with his pen, and made a significant, lasting, and eternal impression on one young man. Douglas Gresham is uniquely qualified to offer such an extraordinary portrait.
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Rating:  - Jack's Life
This book was very good, I could not put it down, I have read alot about C.S. Lewis and this is by far the best. It give the reader a real sense of the life of this great writer. I loved the stories about the real life and how the family came together.
Rating: - A Touching Tribute
I found this book to be a most touching tribute to a wonderful man of great ethical and spiritual integrity, who through the touching circumstance of a "late-in-life" deep love affair he never ever had dreamt could have been part of his "entrenched bachelerhood", enabled a young boy, in his turn, (He was to become the stepson.) to be profoundly inspired. This life-transforming experience for a young boy was sustained long past the time of C.S. Lewis' (he rathered being called "Jack"!) death, and ... Read More
Rating:  - Hmmmm
This book is written as if the reader is a child (Douglas Gresham is constantly defining terms he uses as he writes). I really wanted to like the book and find it helpful insight into the life of C.S. Lewis but it wasn't.
Rating: - Mayra Calvani -- TCM REVIEWS
For those interested in a light yet informative biography of famous Irish author C.S Lewis, this may well be the perfect book. Written by Lewis' stepson, this is a piece of work that will delight not only young adults, but adults as well.
Gresham recounts Lewis' life from birth to death with obvious love, care and admiration, creating a touching portrayal of the gifted man who invented such unforgettable children's fantasy works such as The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
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Rating: - Life from an inside view
Reviewed by Beverly Pechin for Reader Views (8/06)
"Jack's Life" is truly an inside look at the life and times of famous author, C. S. Lewis from a perspective nobody else could give you but his own step-son, Douglas. First glance at the book and it's elegant cover tells you immediately that not only was there a lot of thought and care put into the making of this book, but no scrimping on presenting the reader with a wonderful personal view of Lewis' life was ever even an option. An ... Read More
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