{"title":"Edward Bliss","description":"\u003cp\u003eEDWARD BLISS, JR. spent 25 years at CBS News as editor, copywriter, and producer, serving as the first news editor of the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. His books include \u003cem\u003eNow the News\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWriting News for Broadcast\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBliss received the Paul White Award and was named Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Educator. He graduated from Yale University in 1935 and began his career as a print journalist in Ohio before joining CBS News in 1943.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Fuzhou, China, Bliss left CBS in 1968 to found the broadcast journalism program at American University, retiring from teaching in 1977. His textbook and broadcast history reflect a career spent shaping how news was written and taught.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Bliss’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"beyond-the-stone-arches","title":"Beyond the Stone Arches: An American Missionary Doctor in China, 1892-1932","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The words of David Livingstone express my feelings better than any words of my own. ‘God had an only son, and He was a missionary and a physician.’ A poor, poor imitation of Him I am, or hope to be. In this service I hope to live; in it I wish to die.\"\u003cstrong\u003e —Edward Bliss, 1892\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1892—during the latter days of the Qing Dynasty—a 26-year-old Massachusetts native embarked on a dramatic journey to an outpost in feudal China. The man’s name was Edward Bliss, and it was in the impoverished walled city of Shaowu that he fulfilled his dream of becoming a medical missionary and emerged as a true American hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this inspired and riveting read, distinguished journalist Edward Bliss Jr.—the son of this original Peace Corpsman—tells the remarkable story of a courageous pioneer who selflessly risked his life to serve others. With the refreshing intimacy of a memoir and based in large part on letters Bliss wrote home,\u003cem\u003e Beyond the Stone Arches\u003c\/em\u003e takes us back to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which saw an outpouring of missionaries to Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilled with drama and exhilarating anecdotes, \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Stone Arches\u003c\/em\u003e imparts the complete story of an American missionary: from Bliss’s happy childhood in Newburyport, Massachusetts, to his rigorous days at Yale University, to the remote Chinese city where he battled malaria (which twice nearly killed him), plague, torrential floods, and, finally, the encroaching Communist armies to help make the world a better place in which to live. Bliss continued to heal the sick, toil as a farmer, deliver babies, and work to eradicate the rinderpest virus—all for the \"glory of God and dignity of man\"—until the early days of Mao Zedong when a Communist army descended on Shaowu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis intimate glimpse into the life of Edward Bliss also provides a rare impression of the obstacles faced by missionaries in the feudal Chinese culture. A rare tribute, \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Stone Arches\u003c\/em\u003e is a luminous portrait of an exemplary figure, a man whose extraordinary life story offers us insight into how to face adversity in our own time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0471397598\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780471397595\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Edward Bliss, Jr.","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43212284231896,"sku":"9780471397595","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780471437031_FC_mockup_v2_1665510077_9ed2f829-8998-49de-b2ff-84e4311497b0.jpg?v=1790994066"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-edward-bliss.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}