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The most famous man in America : the biography of Henry Ward Beecher
Presents the life of the nineteenth century orator, noted for his support of the abolition of slavery and the suffrage of women, as well as his friendships with some of the century's most famous writers such as Henry Thoreau, Mark Twain, and Walt Whitman.
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- ISBN: 0385513968 : HRD
- Physical Description: ix, 529 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, c2006.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-503) and index. |
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| Subject: | Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. Congregational churches > Clergy > Biography. Clergy > United States > Biography. |
