Saints, Sinners and Beechers
Author: Lyman Beecher Stowe
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13:
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The Beechers
Author: Obbie Tyler Todd
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 2024-11-27
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 0807183385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Reverend Lyman Beecher was once called “the father of more brains than any other man in America.” Among his eleven living children were a celebrity novelist, a college president, the most well-known preacher in America, a suffragist, a radical abolitionist, a pioneer in women’s education, and the founder of home economics. Rejecting many of their father’s Puritan beliefs, the deeply religious Beechers nevertheless embraced his quest to exert moral influence. They disagreed over issues of slavery, women’s rights, and religion and found themselves at the center of race riots, denominational splits, college protests, a civil war, and one of the most public sex scandals in American history. They were nonetheless unified in their “Beecherism”—a phrase used to describe their sense of self-importance in reforming the nation. Obbie Tyler Todd’s masterful work is the first biography of the Beechers in more than forty years and the first chronological portrait of one of the most influential families in nineteenth-century America.
The Beecher Sisters
Author: Barbara A. White
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2003-11-01
Total Pages: 413
ISBN-13: 0300127634
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA “rich, varied, sensitive” biography of three nineteenth-century women: an educator, an early feminist, and the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Publishers Weekly). Daughters of the famous evangelist Lyman Beecher, Catherine, Harriet, and Isabella could not follow their father and seven brothers into the ministry. Nonetheless, they carved out path-breaking careers for themselves. Catharine Beecher founded the Hartford Female Seminary and devoted her life to improving women’s education. Harriet Beecher Stowe became world famous as the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. And Isabella Beecher Hooker was an outspoken advocate for women’s rights. This engrossing book is a joint biography of the sisters, whose lives spanned the full course of the nineteenth century. The life of Isabella Beecher—who has never been the subject of a biography—is examined in particular detail here, as Barbara White draws on little used sources to explore Isabella’s political development and her interactions with her sisters and with prominent people of the time—from Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Mark Twain.
Encyclopedia of Protestantism
Author: J. Gordon Melton
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 657
ISBN-13: 0816069832
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn illustrated A to Z reference containing over 600 entries providing information on the theology, people, historical events, institutions and movements related to Protestantism.
The Spirit Divided
Author: Benedict R. Maryniak
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780865549968
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCivil War Chaplains wondered whose side God was on, and if their ministries might be in vain. They saw, on both sides, God's Spirit at work. Was the Spirit divided, was God punishing both North and South for their sins, or was there some other explanation for this seemingly endless war?
Potsdam, NY
Author: Potsdam Public Museum (Potsdam, N.Y.)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 1014
ISBN-13: 9780738536507
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRed sandstone, lumber, paper, cows, and college students feature prominently in Potsdam. With its selection of two hundred stunning photographs, the book records aspects of life in Potsdam from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s. Located on the Racquette River between the St. Lawrence River and the Adirondack Mountains, the town is one often that were created in 1787 to promote settlement of New York State. Education has played an important role in Potsdam since 1816, when St. Lawrence Academy opened. The success of the academy led to the establishment in 1866 of a normal school, the forerunner of Potsdam College, with its renowned Crane School of Music.
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain
Author: J.R. LeMaster
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-05-13
Total Pages: 881
ISBN-13: 1135881286
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A model reference work that can be used with profit and delight by general readers as well as by more advanced students of Twain. Highly recommended." - Library Journal The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain includes more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries that cover a full variety of topics on this major American writer's life, intellectual milieu, literary career, and achievements. Because so much of Twain's travel narratives, essays, letters, sketches, autobiography, journalism and fiction reflect his personal experience, particular attention is given to the delicate relationship between art and life, between artistic interpretations and their factual source. This comprehensive resource includes information on: Twain’s life and times: the author's childhood in Missouri and apprenticeship as a riverboat pilot, early career as a journalist in the West, world travels, friendships with well-known figures, reading and education, family life and career Complete Works: including novels, travel narratives, short stories, sketches, burlesques, and essays Significant characters, places, and landmarks Recurring concerns, themes or concepts: such as humor, language; race, war, religion, politics, imperialism, art and science Twain’s sources and influences. Useful for students, researchers, librarians and teachers, this volume features a chronology, a special appendix section tracking the poet's genealogy, and a thorough index. Each entry also includes a bibliography for further study.
Here I Stand
Author: Angela Joan Smith
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2017-10-03
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 0817319549
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Beecher (1904-1980) never had the public prominence of his famous ancestors, but as a poet, professor, sociologist, New Deal administrator, journalist, and civil rights activist, he spent his life fighting for the voiceless and oppressed with a distinct moral sensibility that reflected his self-identification as the twentieth-century torchbearer for his famous family. While John Beecher had many vocations in his lifetime, he always considered himself a poet and a teacher. Some critics have compared the populist elements of Beecher's poetry to the work of Walt Whitman and Carl Sandburg, but his writing never gained a broad audience or critical acclaim during his lifetime. This book examines Beecher's writing and activism and places them in the broader context of American culture at pivotal points in the twentieth century.
Yale Under God
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Publisher: Xulon Press
Published:
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 1619968843
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmerican Religious Leaders
Author: Timothy L. Hall
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2014-05-14
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 1438108060
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProfiles the lives and achievements of more than 270 spiritual leaders, arranged alphabetically, who made major contributions to the history of American religious life.
