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Author - Gail Halvorson & Denise Williams
Gail Halvorsen’s story began long before he flew planes full of candy over post-war Berlin. Discover how the compassion Gail showed in Germany began with lessons learned in childhood, lessons like gratitude, hope, and serving others. Illustrated with gorgeous photographs, this fitting tribute to an unforgettable act of charity will inspire you to keep kindness alive and look for the good all around you.
240 Pages
Gail Halvorsen’s story began long before he flew planes full of candy over post-war Berlin. Discover how the compassion Gail showed in Germany began with lessons learned in childhood, lessons like gratitude, hope, and serving others. Illustrated with gorgeous photographs, this fitting tribute to an unforgettable act of charity will inspire you to keep kindness alive and look for the good all around you.
Denise H. Williams is a daughter of Gail and Alta Halvorsen. While living in Berlin, Denise studied German at the Goethe Institut and music at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik. She earned a bachelor of music degree in piano pedagoy and a master of arts in humanities at Brigham Young University. As a certified professional piano teacher, she has taught music and piano in schools and at home for 49 years. In 2015, she received the MusicLink Teacher of Distinction Award. For the past four years, she has worked on her father’s collection in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections department at BYU’s Harold B. Lee Library. She has written about many topics, including several family histories. She and her husband, David D. Williams, have six children and twenty grandchildren. They currently live in Utah.
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