Catherine Marshall
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The Bridge to Cutter Gap: Christy Huddleston's dream is to teach poor mountain children. Join Christy as she crosses from the familiar world of parties and pretty things to the different world of Cutter Gap, located in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. There she meets the doctor who needs her help to save a life and the handsome minister who helps her face the challenges of teaching and loving the mountain people.
Silent Superstitions: Strange
...2) Christy
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended in time, trapped by poverty, superstitions, and century-old traditions. But as Christy struggles to find acceptance in her new home, some see her - and her one-room school - as a threat to their way of life. Her faith is challenged and...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (907 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston has lived a life of luxury in her cosmopolitan, turn-of-the-century hometown. Determined to reach beyond her sheltered world to help others, the headstrong schoolteacher heads for the impoverished Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee to teach in a remote schoolhouse. As she grapples with the ignorance and poverty of the members of her new community, she strives to make a difference in the lives of the children she...
4) Julie
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the last part of the Great Depression, a story of Julie Wallace and her family - of adventure and romance, of courage and commitment, of triumph and trategy in a flood-prone town in western Pennsylvania.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Christy's best friend dies of typhoid before they've had a chance to patch up a disagreement, Christy angrily questions her faith as she tries to reconcile her beliefs with the tragedy of a young, loving mother being taken away from her family and friends.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As she prepares for her wedding, Christy receives an unexpected visitor. When a sudden storm hits, Christy becomes stranded in a nearby cabin and becomes sick with a high fever. As the storm passes and she recovers, the right decisions become clear.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This television adaptation features Lauren Lee Smith as the 19-year-old schoolteacher who flounders and perseveres in an isolated mountain community in the early 1900s. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Great Smokey Mountains, this 89-minute film begins with an elderly Christy returning to the long-abandoned mission where she once taught. Her memories center around a time when change was coming to Cutter Gap--some for the better, some not,...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A drama about the life and ministerial career of Peter Marshall, a Protestant clergyman who left his boyhood home in Scotland to emigrate to the United States where he gained renown as minister of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington and as chaplain of the U.S. Senate.
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 videocassette (89 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
This television adaptation features Lauren Lee Smith as the 19-year-old schoolteacher who flounders and perseveres in an isolated mountain community in the early 1900s. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Great Smokey Mountains, this film begins with an elderly Christy retrurning to the long-abandoned mission where she once taught. Her memories center around a time when change was coming to Cutter Gap-- some for the better, some not, and...
