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The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher
de Applegate, Debby
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bien/New
- ISBN 10
- 0385513968
- ISBN 13
- 9780385513968
- Librería
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Sunbury, Ohio, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Doubleday, 2006-06-27. Hardcover. Good/New. 9x6x1. 2006 Stated First Edition, w/full number line. Ink marking to one or more pages. Otherwise clean, tight, bright w/no tears, marks or highlighting. Hardcover w/new dust jacket. As new, mint condition. From The Civil War Book Shop- As close as your computer; as dependable as old Abe.
Sinopsis
No one predicted success for Henry Ward Beecher at his birth in 1813. The blithe, boisterous son of the last great Puritan minister, he seemed destined to be overshadowed by his brilliant siblings--especially his sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe, who penned the century's bestselling book Uncle Tom's Cabin. But when pushed into the ministry, the charismatic Beecher found international fame by shedding his father Lyman's Old Testament--style fire-and-brimstone theology and instead preaching a New Testament--based gospel of unconditional love and healing, becoming one of the founding fathers of modern American Christianity. By the 1850s, his spectacular sermons at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights had made him New York's number one tourist attraction, so wildly popular that the ferries from Manhattan to Brooklyn were dubbed "Beecher Boats." Beecher inserted himself into nearly every important drama of the era--among them the antislavery and women's suffrage movements, the rise of the entertainment industry and tabloid press, and controversies ranging from Darwinian evolution to presidential politics. He was notorious for his irreverent humor and melodramatic gestures, such as auctioning slaves to freedom in his pulpit and shipping rifles--nicknamed "Beecher's Bibles"--to the antislavery resistance fighters in Kansas. Thinkers such as Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, and Twain befriended--and sometimes parodied--him.And then it all fell apart. In 1872 Beecher was accused by feminist firebrand Victoria Woodhull of adultery with one of his most pious parishioners. Suddenly the "Gospel of Love" seemed to rationalize a life of lust. The cuckolded husband brought charges of "criminal conversation" in a salacious trial that became the most widely covered event of the century, garnering more newspaper headlines than the entire Civil War. Beecher survived, but his reputation and his causes--from women's rights to progressive evangelicalism--suffered devastating setbacks that echo to this day.Featuring the page-turning suspense of a novel and dramatic new historical evidence, Debby Applegate has written the definitive biography of this captivating, mercurial, and sometimes infuriating figure. In our own time, when religion and politics are again colliding and adultery in high places still commands headlines, Beecher's story sheds new light on the culture and conflicts of contemporary America.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Librería
- The Civil War Book Shop
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 220329003
- Título
- The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher
- Autor
- Applegate, Debby
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- New
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0385513968
- ISBN 13
- 9780385513968
- Editorial
- Doubleday
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2006-06-27
- Tamaño
- 9x6x1
- X weight
- 31 oz
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The Civil War Book Shop
Miembro de Biblio desde 2009
Sunbury, Ohio
Sobre The Civil War Book Shop
My name is Michael Wise, and I am the proprietor of The Civil War Book Shop. I have been a Civil War buff since grade school, and enjoy visiting battle fields, reading about the war, and discussing it with friends. I am an avid reader, and enjoy browsing through book stores, making that special find and racing home to read it. For several years I have taken advantage of ordering books online, enjoying the convenience of door step delivery. After much research, I determined there is room for an internet book retailer devoted to the serious Civil War reader, collector, and history buff. For nearly five years The Civil War Book Shop has offered a select line of new, used, and collectible books. Along with American Civil War related books, we also offer items in categories such as Early American History, Native American, World War II, Other Wars, Business, Human Interest, Religion, Cooking, Gardening, Quilting, etc. These items are those that capture my interest (and my wife\'s) and that I think may interest others. I try to add new items each week, so check our store front often. My goal is to provide customers with the level of value, service, and convenience for which only the finest traditional, independent retailers are known.
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