Henry Ward Beecher : an American portrait / [by] Paxton Hibben, foreword by Sinclair Lewis.
Material type: TextSeries: American newspapermen | American newspapermenPublication details: New York, NY : The Press of the Readers Club ; 1974.Description: xiv, 361 pages ; 22 cmISBN:- 0846400197
- 285/.8/0924 B
- BX 7260 .B3 H5 1974
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BOOKS | Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library New Materials Shelf | BX 7260 .B3 H5 1974 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | NPML20070047 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-329.)
Part I. The puritan prison: I. 1813 -- II. Litchfield -- III. Boston -- IV. Amherst -- V. Escape --
Part II. Ambition: VI. 1835 -- VII. Cincinnati -- VIII. Lawrenceburgh -- IX. Indianapolis -- X. Ascent --
Part III. Realization: XI. 1847 -- XII. Plymouth church -- XIII. Brooklyn -- XIV. New York -- XV. Poised --
Part IV. Spring tide: XVI. 1860 -- XVII. England -- XVIII. Fort Sumter -- XIX. Livingston street -- XX. Falter --
Part V. Climax: XXI. 1870 -- XXII. The upper room -- XXIII. Remsen street -- XXIV. Yale -- XXV. Fall --
Part VI. New life: XXVI. 1874 -- XXVII. City court -- XXVIII. Hell -- XXIX. Delmonico's - XXX. Redemption.
"When the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher was sued on a charge of adultery, the America of 1874 was ecstatically shocked. For Mr. Beecher was, til his death in 1887, the archbishop of American liberal Protestantism. He came out for the right side of every question -- always a little too late. He was referred to as "the greatest preacher since St. Paul", he was mentioned for the presidency. He was a combination of St. Augustine, Barnum, and John Barrymore." -- from glued insert.
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