David Marshall
@dpmars.bsky.social
New book: IRON BOY. Book lover, former book publisher, bestselling author fostering family communication, software veteran, Inter’l Relations & German Lit majors, Harvard MBA, progressive Christian, devoted husband of 40+ years, proud papa of 2 kids
As a Preacher’s Kid & a Grandfather Preacher’s Kid, this book I’m now reading really speaks volumes to me.
SEPARATION OF CHURCH & HATE: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds, by John Fugelsong
SEPARATION OF CHURCH & HATE: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds, by John Fugelsong
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
As a Preacher’s Kid & a Grandfather Preacher’s Kid, this book I’m now reading really speaks volumes to me.
SEPARATION OF CHURCH & HATE: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds, by John Fugelsong
SEPARATION OF CHURCH & HATE: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds, by John Fugelsong
My father’s new and last book arrived today from his publisher: “The Making of a Religious Radical - A Memoir,” by Gene Wesley Marshall. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1663...
September 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
My father’s new and last book arrived today from his publisher: “The Making of a Religious Radical - A Memoir,” by Gene Wesley Marshall. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1663...
September 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Enjoying my new “journalist” role. 😃 marshallbooks.substack.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Enjoying my new “journalist” role. 😃 marshallbooks.substack.com
MACA: Make America Cruel Again - I hope this sticks (from a letter to the editor in my local paper)
July 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
MACA: Make America Cruel Again - I hope this sticks (from a letter to the editor in my local paper)
My IRON BOY author copies arrived today. It’s real! Many thanks 🙏 to all who helped kindle this flame.
July 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
My IRON BOY author copies arrived today. It’s real! Many thanks 🙏 to all who helped kindle this flame.
My author page on Amazon now profiles my new book IRON BOY, along with our other bestsellers, THE BOOK OF MYSELF and THE BOOK OF US. Cool! www.amazon.com/stores/David...
June 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My author page on Amazon now profiles my new book IRON BOY, along with our other bestsellers, THE BOOK OF MYSELF and THE BOOK OF US. Cool! www.amazon.com/stores/David...
Complete story on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/marshall...
June 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Complete story on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/marshall...
My new book IRON BOY is #1 in its new release category this week. So exciting! 😁
June 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My new book IRON BOY is #1 in its new release category this week. So exciting! 😁
See Substack post for photos & details about IRON BOY book 🚀 launch today. Available now in paperback & ebook on Amazon.
June 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
See Substack post for photos & details about IRON BOY book 🚀 launch today. Available now in paperback & ebook on Amazon.
IRON BOY is for sale today on Amazon in both paperback & ebook. The Iron Man statue is still alive & well in 5th City 60 years later. In 2021, I visited Chicago & visited the Iron Man statue again.
Thanks for putting up with my 10-week countdown to IRON BOY’s debut. www.amazon.com/IRON-BOY-Sea...
Thanks for putting up with my 10-week countdown to IRON BOY’s debut. www.amazon.com/IRON-BOY-Sea...
June 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
IRON BOY is for sale today on Amazon in both paperback & ebook. The Iron Man statue is still alive & well in 5th City 60 years later. In 2021, I visited Chicago & visited the Iron Man statue again.
Thanks for putting up with my 10-week countdown to IRON BOY’s debut. www.amazon.com/IRON-BOY-Sea...
Thanks for putting up with my 10-week countdown to IRON BOY’s debut. www.amazon.com/IRON-BOY-Sea...
The paperback and e-book versions of IRON BOY are now locked. I can't make any more changes before the June 15th publication date this coming Sunday. As a little sample, here is the book's prologue I just published on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/marshall...
June 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The paperback and e-book versions of IRON BOY are now locked. I can't make any more changes before the June 15th publication date this coming Sunday. As a little sample, here is the book's prologue I just published on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/marshall...
FIRE & color RED are recurring themes in Iron Boy. Without giving away too much, the Chicago riots & fires that erupted after MLK was assassinated in 1968 loomed large as some angry West Side residents tried to burn us out. Red & black were 5th City colors & blood flowed. Available on 6/15/25.
June 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
FIRE & color RED are recurring themes in Iron Boy. Without giving away too much, the Chicago riots & fires that erupted after MLK was assassinated in 1968 loomed large as some angry West Side residents tried to burn us out. Red & black were 5th City colors & blood flowed. Available on 6/15/25.
Sunday “House Church” Countdown 🚀 #3… (6/15/25 publication date)
“IRON BOY: Searching for Freedom Inside a Family Religious Order” - One of the most impactful books I read in my formative years was “Black Like Me.” Growing up, I was usually the only white kid in my class.
“IRON BOY: Searching for Freedom Inside a Family Religious Order” - One of the most impactful books I read in my formative years was “Black Like Me.” Growing up, I was usually the only white kid in my class.
May 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Sunday “House Church” Countdown 🚀 #3… (6/15/25 publication date)
“IRON BOY: Searching for Freedom Inside a Family Religious Order” - One of the most impactful books I read in my formative years was “Black Like Me.” Growing up, I was usually the only white kid in my class.
“IRON BOY: Searching for Freedom Inside a Family Religious Order” - One of the most impactful books I read in my formative years was “Black Like Me.” Growing up, I was usually the only white kid in my class.
Here’s the new IRON BOY proof with some of the other books that inspired it. Much appreciation. 🙏 6/15/25 publication date.
May 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Here’s the new IRON BOY proof with some of the other books that inspired it. Much appreciation. 🙏 6/15/25 publication date.
Just got my 1st paperback proof of my memoir IRON BOY coming out on 6/15/25. Exciting! Lots of final editing still to go.
May 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Just got my 1st paperback proof of my memoir IRON BOY coming out on 6/15/25. Exciting! Lots of final editing still to go.
Sunday 🚀 Countdown #4 to IRON BOY publication date. See more about where my family religious order lived on Chicago West Side in 1960s on my Substack account.
May 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Sunday 🚀 Countdown #4 to IRON BOY publication date. See more about where my family religious order lived on Chicago West Side in 1960s on my Substack account.
See my new Substack mini article about Father’s Day & our book of ❤️ & family storytelling: marshallbooks.substack.com.
May 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
See my new Substack mini article about Father’s Day & our book of ❤️ & family storytelling: marshallbooks.substack.com.
IRON BOY Countdown to 6/15/25 Book Release - For full PopeLeo-IronBoy Top-10 story, see my mini Substack article: marshallbooks.substack.com
May 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
IRON BOY Countdown to 6/15/25 Book Release - For full PopeLeo-IronBoy Top-10 story, see my mini Substack article: marshallbooks.substack.com
…the harder they fall.
May 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
…the harder they fall.
Book Launch Countdown 6 continued - 6/15/25 pub date - “IRON BOY: Searching for Freedom Inside a Family Religious Order” - Contents in 3 acts: 1) grade-school years in Evanston & Chicago West Side, 2) “Youth Deployment” years as teenager, & 3) an important father-sons event many years later.
May 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Book Launch Countdown 6 continued - 6/15/25 pub date - “IRON BOY: Searching for Freedom Inside a Family Religious Order” - Contents in 3 acts: 1) grade-school years in Evanston & Chicago West Side, 2) “Youth Deployment” years as teenager, & 3) an important father-sons event many years later.
Book Launch Countdown 6 - 6/15/25 pub date - “IRON BOY: Searching for Freedom Inside a Family Religious Order” - Here is the Marshall family of “The Order Ecumenical” in 1967 on Chicago West Side, a few months before MLK’s assassination, leading to a whole new phase of our Family Order life.
May 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Book Launch Countdown 6 - 6/15/25 pub date - “IRON BOY: Searching for Freedom Inside a Family Religious Order” - Here is the Marshall family of “The Order Ecumenical” in 1967 on Chicago West Side, a few months before MLK’s assassination, leading to a whole new phase of our Family Order life.
Cool Beans! 🫘 My new book is not even out yet, and is already the #1 New Release in its category. E-book pre-orders are possible now on Amazon. For the paperback, you have to wait until the 6/15/25 publication date to order.
April 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Cool Beans! 🫘 My new book is not even out yet, and is already the #1 New Release in its category. E-book pre-orders are possible now on Amazon. For the paperback, you have to wait until the 6/15/25 publication date to order.
Countdown 7… (6/15/25 PubDate) - IRON BOY: Searching for Freedom Inside a Religious Family Order
Back cover image of Order family members in our black berets taken from the steps of the chapel in our Chicago West Side compound in 1967. I’m in the front row on the right holding up my little sister.
Back cover image of Order family members in our black berets taken from the steps of the chapel in our Chicago West Side compound in 1967. I’m in the front row on the right holding up my little sister.
April 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Countdown 7… (6/15/25 PubDate) - IRON BOY: Searching for Freedom Inside a Religious Family Order
Back cover image of Order family members in our black berets taken from the steps of the chapel in our Chicago West Side compound in 1967. I’m in the front row on the right holding up my little sister.
Back cover image of Order family members in our black berets taken from the steps of the chapel in our Chicago West Side compound in 1967. I’m in the front row on the right holding up my little sister.