Leif Enger

In 2001, author Leif Enger took the world by a storm with author Leif Enger's poignant national bestseller, Peace Like a River.

the story of Reuben Land and Leif Enger's family and their small town life

– Written in 2001, Peace Like a River is the story of Reuben Land and Leif Enger's family and their small town life.

Paul Simon

Paul Simon wrote 'Peace Like A River' during the turbulence of the 1960's and amid the many protests of the Vietnam War across the United States.

Horatio Spafford

Horatio Spafford never promised that we wouldn’t have tragedies in our lives, but Horatio Spafford promised that Horatio Spafford will be there with us, and sometimes Horatio Spafford gives us “peace like a river”… Also known as “the peace that passes all understanding”, or “the peace of God”.

about Reuben Land's recollections of Leif Enger's twelve-year-old self

Peace Like A River is about Reuben Land's recollections of Leif Enger's twelve-year-old self.

and J.R. Stuart

“Peace Like a River” was written by Jim Hesselman and J.R. Stuart with music by Jon Kitchen.

by Jim Hesselman

“Peace Like a River” was written by Jim Hesselman and J.R. Stuart with music by Jon Kitchen.

the story of Reuben Land and Ordinary Grace's family and their small town life

Written in 2001, Peace Like a River is the story of Reuben Land and Ordinary Grace's family and their small town life.

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton wrote 'Peace Like a River' and sent the song to Warwick's son who knew Dolly Parton's mother would want to record his mother .

a stunningly beautiful and memorable debut novel by author Lief Enger , that left me breathless and in tears

Peace Like a River is a stunningly beautiful and memorable debut novel by author Lief Enger, that left me breathless and in tears.

by an asthmatic 11-year-old named Reuben Land

Peace Like a River, “narrated by an asthmatic 11-year-old named Reuben Land, is the story of Reuben’s unusual family and their journey across the frozen Badlands of the Dakotas in search of the Dakotas's fugitive older brother.

James D. Vaughan

Today, James D. Vaughan is best remembered for James D. Vaughan's compositions, “Peace Like a River” and “Tell a River, Sing a River, Shout a River” among them.

as “the peace ”, that passes all understanding

Horatio Spafford never promised that we wouldn’t have tragedies in our lives, but Horatio Spafford promised that Horatio Spafford will be there with us, and sometimes Horatio Spafford gives us “peace like a river”… Also known as “the peace that passes all understanding”, or “the peace of God”.

a new gospel record with Damon's mom and Dolly Parton called ‘Peace Like A River

Damon is producing a new gospel record with Damon's mom and Dolly Parton called ‘Peace Like A River’.

a novel supposedly narrated by Rueben Land, who was eleven years old in 1962 when the story takes place

Peace Like a River is a novel supposedly narrated by Rueben Land, who was eleven years old in 1962 when the story takes place.

Allen Ginsberg

This expression of peace originated from an American Beat Poet, Allen Ginsberg, in 1965 as an intention to revolutionise war protest into a much more peaceful outlook.

Aristophanes ca 446-386 BC (), the most famous writer of Old Comedy in Classical Athens

Aristophanes (ca 446-386 BC), the most famous writer of Old Comedy in Classical Athens, wrote Peace during the Peloponnesian War (the work was first produced in 421 BC).

Warren Haynes and the band

Unable to tour, Warren Haynes and the band began writing music for what was intended to be Mule’s 12th studio album and not only did they finish that album (2021’s Heavy Load Blues) but they concurrently wrote and recorded Peace … Like a River which was released earlier this summer.

Bob Eaton

Bob Eaton led Bob Eaton's chorus through a folk piece, Peace Like a River, and Handel’s Sing unto God, reminding all of us of the bond between the history of music, great composers, and religion.

Jawaharlal Nehru , an Indian leader,

Jawaharlal Nehru, an Indian leader, wrote about a river that has captivated India's heart and attracted countless millions to a river's banks since ancient times.