David caleb cook biography
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David caleb cook biography
David C. Cook
American nonprofit Christian publisher
For other uses, see David Cook.
David C. Cook is an American nonprofit Christian publisher based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
It was founded as a provider of Sunday school curriculum and remains a major publisher of such materials. It also publishes fiction and nonfiction books and distributes supporting materials like toys and games. Its best selling authors include Francis Chan, Gary Thomas, and J.
Warner Wallace. For many years it published a Christian comic book, Sunday Pix, with stories about the adventures of Christian heroes in many different eras and in many parts of the world.
History
An author and leader in the American Sunday school movement, David Caleb Cook, established the company in Chicago, Illinois, in 1875.[2] He was motivated to provide affordable educational materials for children who had been left homeless in the Great Chicago fire.[3]
Cook, who worked as a printer's devil