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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... husband,{40} taking in half a dozen boarders, spinning a rug and painting it with flowers,{41} and reading Maria Edgeworth aloud to the children that arrived with clock-like regularity.{42} But for all her undoubted qualities, Roxana ...
... husband,{40} taking in half a dozen boarders, spinning a rug and painting it with flowers,{41} and reading Maria Edgeworth aloud to the children that arrived with clock-like regularity.{42} But for all her undoubted qualities, Roxana ...
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... husband: “Yesterday evening I spent scribbling for Henry's newspaper (the Journal) in this wise: 'Birney's printing press has been mobbed, and many of the respectable citizens are disposed to wink at the outrage in consideration of its ...
... husband: “Yesterday evening I spent scribbling for Henry's newspaper (the Journal) in this wise: 'Birney's printing press has been mobbed, and many of the respectable citizens are disposed to wink at the outrage in consideration of its ...
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... husband's salary in Lawrenceburgh as $300 a year.{231} It was $500, and with pork at five cents, beef at six cents a pound, and flour at $3.50 a barrel, not so bad, at that.{232} It was Lyman Beecher who began on $300 a year in a town ...
... husband's salary in Lawrenceburgh as $300 a year.{231} It was $500, and with pork at five cents, beef at six cents a pound, and flour at $3.50 a barrel, not so bad, at that.{232} It was Lyman Beecher who began on $300 a year in a town ...
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... husband had just been defeated for the presidency, presented the bride and groom with a bureau, a pair of brass andirons, shovel and tongs, with which, she said, “I began housekeeping more than forty years ago.”{233} But they had no ...
... husband had just been defeated for the presidency, presented the bride and groom with a bureau, a pair of brass andirons, shovel and tongs, with which, she said, “I began housekeeping more than forty years ago.”{233} But they had no ...
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... husband's income. The people of Indiana were not kind to Eunice Beecher. She never forgave them. Henry Ward called Lawrenceburgh “the very metropolis of whiskey.” {235}It was the beginning of the bold, bad days of fast steamboats and ...
... husband's income. The people of Indiana were not kind to Eunice Beecher. She never forgave them. Henry Ward called Lawrenceburgh “the very metropolis of whiskey.” {235}It was the beginning of the bold, bad days of fast steamboats and ...
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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