Henry Ward Beecher: An American PortraitPickle Partners Publishing, 2017 M01 12 - 413 pages First published in 1927, this is the acclaimed biography of Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), the American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer and speaker best known for his support of the abolition of slavery. It was written by former American diplomat, journalist, author and humanitarian Paxton Hibben (1880-1928). “Mr. Hibben has written a great biography, and one of lasting value. It is not merely interesting; it is profound. But its historical scholarship does not lie like a leaden weight on the book; for Hibben’s style is graceful and delicate, sometimes almost gay. He is so saturated with Beecher knowledge that he writes without effort. In reading it one feels that Paxton Hibben understands Beecher better than anybody has ever understood him, and that this book is a permanent contribution to American history.”—W. E. Woodward |
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... Charles G. Finney were dead and gone, Beecher was still husbanding the ground they cleared. So much, outwardly—to the sight of man: a great orator, a great actor—a showman, if one like. But nothing else were there not in the inner life ...
... Charles G. Finney were dead and gone, Beecher was still husbanding the ground they cleared. So much, outwardly—to the sight of man: a great orator, a great actor—a showman, if one like. But nothing else were there not in the inner life ...
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... Charles Dickens and Robert Browning, and a few weeks after Richard Wagner saw the light at Leipzig—Henry Ward Beecher was born on June 24, 1813, the eighth offspring of Lyman and Roxana Foote Beecher. It was the end of the old order in ...
... Charles Dickens and Robert Browning, and a few weeks after Richard Wagner saw the light at Leipzig—Henry Ward Beecher was born on June 24, 1813, the eighth offspring of Lyman and Roxana Foote Beecher. It was the end of the old order in ...
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... Charles Grandison.{38} Long before she died, he was merely the least tractable of her children.... In after years, Henry Ward Beecher spoke of his mother as if he had known her well. He had not, of course, known her at all—he was only ...
... Charles Grandison.{38} Long before she died, he was merely the least tractable of her children.... In after years, Henry Ward Beecher spoke of his mother as if he had known her well. He had not, of course, known her at all—he was only ...
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... Charles. “I heard Dr. Beecher preach her funeral sermon, standing in the little tub pulpit, while her coffin stood below it,” wrote one of the young ladies of Miss Sally Pierce's Female Academy.{44} It was quite a public function ...
... Charles. “I heard Dr. Beecher preach her funeral sermon, standing in the little tub pulpit, while her coffin stood below it,” wrote one of the young ladies of Miss Sally Pierce's Female Academy.{44} It was quite a public function ...
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... Charles, the baby, and the two negro bound girls, Zillah and Rachel Crook, and Betsey Burr, the orphan cousin, and Mr. Cornelius, Lyman's assistant, and Candace, the black washerwoman (who only came in, however) and anywhere from three ...
... Charles, the baby, and the two negro bound girls, Zillah and Rachel Crook, and Betsey Burr, the orphan cousin, and Mr. Cornelius, Lyman's assistant, and Candace, the black washerwoman (who only came in, however) and anywhere from three ...
Contents
PART IVSPRING TIDE 135 | |
CHAPTER XVI1860 136 | |
CHAPTER XVIIENGLAND 146 | |
CHAPTER XVIIIFORT SUMTER 158 | |
CHAPTER XIXLIVINGSTON STREET 172 | |
CHAPTER XXFALTER 186 | |
PART VCLIMAX 201 | |
CHAPTER XXVFALL 240 | |
PART VINEW LIFE 251 | |
CHAPTER XXVI1874 252 | |
CHAPTER XXVIICITY COURT 263 | |
CHAPTER XXVIIIHELL 278 | |
CHAPTER XXIXDELMONICOS 286 | |
CHAPTER XXXREDEMPTION 297 | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 311 | |
CHAPTER XXI1870 202 | |
CHAPTER XXIITHE UPPER ROOM 212 | |
CHAPTER XXIIIREMSEN STREET 222 | |
CHAPTER XXIVYALE 229 | |
SOURCES CITED 312 | |
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 326 | |
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