Eva Jean Wrather devoted seventy years to writing an 800,000-
word biography of Alexander Campbell, founder of the Christian 
Church (Disciples of Christ), a monumental literary biography 
described by D. Duane Cummins as "a creative and skillful blend 
of history and superb literary writing skills."

    In the early 1990s, Cummins was asked to assist Ms. Wrather 
in revising her manuscript. Their work together makes up Volume 
One of Campbell's biography (TCU Press, 2005).

    Volume Two follows Campbell's life from 1823–1830, years 
filled with the storm of opinions in the pages of his successful 
magazine, The Christian Baptist, which won mixed hostility and 
support in Baptist and Presbyterian communities. Wrather records 
Campbell's experience as a politician and delegate to the Virginia 
Constitutional Convention in 1829, where Campbell brushed 
shoulders with some of America's most famous politicians and 
rhetoricians. Wrather believed these years were a crucial chapter 
in Campbell's life, confirming his power as a thinker, speaker and 
writer.

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