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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... John Brown. An opportunist he was, certainly. He made no one uncomfortable, least of all himself. But many a revolution dies stillborn because when the bomb with which it might begin has blown up its maker, there is no one to fan FOREWORD.
... John Brown. An opportunist he was, certainly. He made no one uncomfortable, least of all himself. But many a revolution dies stillborn because when the bomb with which it might begin has blown up its maker, there is no one to fan FOREWORD.
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... JOHN TENNIEL IN PUNCH CARTOONS BY E. F. MULLEN IN VANITY FAIR: HENRY WARD BEECHER IN 1862 THEODORE TILTON IN 1863 ELIZABETH TILTON SEVEN REFORMERS CARTOON OF BEECHER AND GREELEY IN THE GRANT-SEYMOUR CAMPAIGN MR. AND MRS. BEECHER AT THE ...
... JOHN TENNIEL IN PUNCH CARTOONS BY E. F. MULLEN IN VANITY FAIR: HENRY WARD BEECHER IN 1862 THEODORE TILTON IN 1863 ELIZABETH TILTON SEVEN REFORMERS CARTOON OF BEECHER AND GREELEY IN THE GRANT-SEYMOUR CAMPAIGN MR. AND MRS. BEECHER AT THE ...
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... John Calvin.” Robert G. Ingersoll. CHAPTER I—1813 MIDSUMMER 1813. For a brief moment in Europe there is peace.... The Grande Armée has been shattered on the plains of the Dnieper. By a miracle, Napoleon flings together a new host ...
... John Calvin.” Robert G. Ingersoll. CHAPTER I—1813 MIDSUMMER 1813. For a brief moment in Europe there is peace.... The Grande Armée has been shattered on the plains of the Dnieper. By a miracle, Napoleon flings together a new host ...
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... John C. Calhoun received his grounding in the doctrine of secession.{17} From this same school in Litchfield, in the course of a quarter century, sixteen United States Senators, fifty Members of Congress, two justices of the Supreme ...
... John C. Calhoun received his grounding in the doctrine of secession.{17} From this same school in Litchfield, in the course of a quarter century, sixteen United States Senators, fifty Members of Congress, two justices of the Supreme ...
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... John Wesley—a year later than 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 ...
... John Wesley—a year later than 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 ...
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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