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In 1947, denker wrote the first script for the religious radio series the greatest story ever told, which, in 1949, won a special george foster peabody citation, the christopher award, the ccny outstanding program of the year award, the variety award of the year 1947, and others. The film, the greatest story ever told, based on ourslers book, was released in 1965. Seeing that i had the original first edition first published in the 1950s with my husbands her dad signature our oldest daughter wanted to have it so i ordered this copy to have one in my personal collection o share with others. It was followed by the greatest book ever written in 1951, and the greatest faith ever known, completed by his daughter, april oursler armstrong, and posthumously published in 1953. Cooper with the friendship of the author fulton oursler march 11, 1949.
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