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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... President of the United States and had only just been defeated as the Federalist candidate for the Presidency. He was United States Senator from New York at the time his niece married Lyman Beecher, and one of the most distinguished men ...
... President of the United States and had only just been defeated as the Federalist candidate for the Presidency. He was United States Senator from New York at the time his niece married Lyman Beecher, and one of the most distinguished men ...
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... President Monroe toured Connecticut, and mounted on a white charger reviewed the State troops.{64} But all the huzzas could not stifle the grumbling of labor out of work, or capital caught in the squeeze of tight money. There was ...
... President Monroe toured Connecticut, and mounted on a white charger reviewed the State troops.{64} But all the huzzas could not stifle the grumbling of labor out of work, or capital caught in the squeeze of tight money. There was ...
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... President Monroe made reply to the Tsar of all the Russias in two little paragraphs which have come to be known as the Monroe Doctrine. In the years that Henry Ward was going to school, La Fayette returned to Litchfield for a triumphal ...
... President Monroe made reply to the Tsar of all the Russias in two little paragraphs which have come to be known as the Monroe Doctrine. In the years that Henry Ward was going to school, La Fayette returned to Litchfield for a triumphal ...
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... President of Amherst.{122} The canny doctor was not above pretending that he had paid the full price for Henry Ward's schooling. Nevertheless, whether it answered the purposes of Lyman Beecher or not, the Mount Pleasant Classical ...
... President of Amherst.{122} The canny doctor was not above pretending that he had paid the full price for Henry Ward's schooling. Nevertheless, whether it answered the purposes of Lyman Beecher or not, the Mount Pleasant Classical ...
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... President John Quincy Adams refused to intervene. Fitzgerald had stood first at West Point in mathematics and natural philosophy, and was second on the list of most distinguished cadets, and for all his unfortunate escapade was a young ...
... President John Quincy Adams refused to intervene. Fitzgerald had stood first at West Point in mathematics and natural philosophy, and was second on the list of most distinguished cadets, and for all his unfortunate escapade was a young ...
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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