About this title: Applegate brings the fascinating, flawed figure of Henry Ward Beecher to deserved new life and places him at the center of the key dramas of the American 19th century--including the advent of the pulp novel and tabloid press.
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Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 2007-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Fair. 0385513968 Ex library book with stickers and stampings. Overall good condition with clean text and good binding unless otherwise noted. Soiled edges. Warped pages. Pencil underlining on pages. Most items ship within 24 hours. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 2006-06-27
ISBN-13:9780385513968ISBN:0385513968
Description: Good. Ex-Library copy. Usual stamps & stickers; dust jacket in mylar cover attached to boards and light shelf wear to edges. Interior pages very clean with unmarked text. Spine is sound. read more
Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Three Leaves, 2007. Fine Book. Overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780385513968ISBN:0385513968
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 527 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Three Leaves, 2007. Fine Book. Overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Three Leaves, 2007. Fine Book. Overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Description: Very Good. 0385513968 light shelf wear / edge wear cover / pages very good condition//"Buy with Confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Customer Service Makes All the Difference. " read more
Description: Fine. 0385513968 Doubleday hardcover w/dustjacket, 2006, dj price $27.95, clean/tight, No marks/tears or defects...Fine/Fine (like new)...New mylar cover, bubble-wrapped and mailed in a Box w/delivery confirmation...NOT a remainder or ex-library. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, New York
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780385513968ISBN:0385513968
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. ix, 529 pp., [16] pp. of plates, illus., map, biblio., index; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Henry Ward Beecher was, for much of the nineteenth century, America's most widely known public figure. In place of his own preacher father's fire-and-brimstone theology, Beecher preached a gospel of unconditional love and forgiveness, giving us the Christianity we have today. His sermons at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn ... read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780385513968ISBN:0385513968
Description: New in New dust jacket. 0385513968. New and unread first edition, first printing partial cloth hardcover and dust jacket in excellent condition. Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for biography. One tiny nick at top corner of dust jacket. Protective mylar cover.; 1.5 x 9.3 x 6.3 Inches; 544 pages; read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780385513968ISBN:0385513968
Description: New in New dust jacket. 0385513968. New second printing partial cloth hardcover and dust jacket in excellent condition. Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for biography. Protective mylar cover.; 1.5 x 9.3 x 6.3 Inches; 544 pages. read more
"This was a very well written, fascinating book about the life and times of a very interesting man. Henry Ward Beecher was the most famous preacher in America in the second half of the 19th century. His views on the overpowering love of God were revolutionary compared to the more common contemporary belief in a demanding, wrathful God. His controversial, and many times contradictory, teachings and practices were brought to the forefront when he was embroiled in a sensational trial for accused adultery that riveted the entire country (and generated more newspaper headlines than the entire Civil War!). Besides telling the story of a very unique man, this book provides a fascinating look at the religious, political and social history of pre- and post-Civil War America. I really enjoyed this book and can see why it won the Pulitzer Prize."
"Not hard tosee why this book picked up a Pulitzer Prize. The author handles the material in a non judgemental fashion and never allows herself to get overwhelmed by the subject matter. So many things that we take for granted today, everything from an 8 hour work day, civil rights and a "human loving Jesus" all were moved along by Beecher's work. Throw in the sex scandals and a sister who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, possibly the most influential American book of the nineteenth century and you could have had a mess. Instead the author manages all of this material and tells a compeling story."
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