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House That Love Built The Story of Millard and Linda Fuller, Founders of Habitat for Humanity and the Fuller Center for Housing

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ISBN-10: 1571745467

ISBN-13: 9781571745460

Edition: 2007

Authors: Bettie B. Youngs

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After pursuing their lifelong belief that every person deserves a ?simple, decent place to live, ? Linda and Millard Fuller found themselves locked out of the Habitat for Humanity organization that they founded. Pending legal action forced them to remain silent. Now in The House That Love Built, the true story is told of how a dedicated, charismatic leader, who attracted people like President Jimmy Carter to his cause and raised millions of dollars, was wrongly accused of sexual misconduct and pushed aside by a Board with a new agenda for Habitat. Millard and Linda Fuller's story inspires entrepreneurial spirit, starting a business from a simple idea, and Christian spirit-sacrificing…    
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Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/10/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Bettie Youngs, Ph.D., Ed.D., is the author of thirty books translated into twenty-one languages. She is a former Teacher of the Year, University Professor of Graduate School Studies at SDSU, and Director of Instruction and Professional Development, Inc. Dr. Youngs is a frequent guest on The Morning Show, NBC Nightly News, CNN, and Oprah. Her work has been recognized in USA Today, Redbook, US News & World Report, Family Circle, Working Woman, and the Washington Post.

Acknowledgments
Foreword
A Word from the Author
Young Millard Fuller
Fuller & Dees
The Beginning of a Love Story
Building a Personal Fortune
An Affair Changes Lives
The Decision to Downsize
One Month at Koinonia
A Growing Awareness of Injustice and Need
The Idea of Partnership Housing
Partnership Housing Goes to Africa
Habitat for Humanity Is Born
Financing Houses: The Economics of Jesus
Habitat's Childhood
Habitat's Seventh Year Birthday Bash: The Indy 700 Walk
President Carter Becomes Habitat's Most Famous Volunteer
Growing a Movement
Expanding the Dream
Controversy
100,000th House...and Picking Up Speed
An Allegation and Ensuing Investigation
April 2004: The New York Meetings
"On the Edge of a Cliff..."
President Carter Mediates
The International Board Meeting: Mexico City (June 10, 2004)
The Coup d'Etat
Second Mediation: President Carter
The Affiliates Find Their Voice
The (Hostile) Takeover Is Complete
The Calling Continues
A New Organization: The Fuller Center for Housing
The Fuller Center for Housing's First Projects
Responding to Needs at Home and Abroad
Postscript: By Mack McCarter
Millard and Linda Fuller Timeline
Awards and Biographical Information
Supporting Documents
Index