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Buss, Dale.

Family man : the biography of Dr. James Dobson / Dale Buss. - Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c2005. - x, 415 p. : ill. (chielfy col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-406) and index.

Campaign mode -- Paterfamilias -- Striver -- Daring to discipline -- Packing the house -- The velvet microphone -- Deal with a devil -- A born entrepreneur -- Colorado, here we come! -- Hot pending -- The political animal -- Bringing the hammer -- Stress fractures -- The Dobson difference -- Transformed lives -- Friends of Jim -- A silver thread -- Inside the fishbowl -- Black and white and red and blue -- A crucible and a gauntlet -- A week in the life -- Maybe Bruce was right -- The third way -- No small feat -- Slouching toward Gomorrah -- Montgomery and beyond -- Righteous revolution.

Presents a comprehensive biography of "Focus on the Family" founder, Dr. James Dobson, and chronicles his childhood, early career in psychology, and the evolution of his world-wide ministry that focuses on family values.

ISBN: 0842381910 (hc : alk. paper) 9780842381918 (hc : alk. paper) 0842381929 (sc : alk. paper) 9780842381925 (sc : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2005018562

Subjects--Personal Names:
Dobson, James C., 1936-

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Focus on the Family (Organization)--Biography.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christian biography--United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.

LC Class. No.: BR1725.D62 / B87 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 269.2 / D635F