The Most Famous Man in America

rhadin · 09-24-2008, 06:25 PM

by Debby Applegate is the biography of Henry Ward Beecher (you may be more familiar with his sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin). Henry was a Calvinist/Puritan minister who changed his philosophy and gave up Calvinism for a more liberal view of evangelical Christianity.

Henry was the second most hated person by the South in during the American Civil War, just behind Abraham Lincoln. He was minister for a quarter century to the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, NY, and received a salary of as much as $100,000 as its pastor in the 1870s. He traveled the United States and Europe giving speeches, was editor of several newspapers, and was tried for "criminal conversation" (i.e., for having an affair with another man's wife).

The book is highly recommended. It is well written and provides a fascinating insight into the Beecher family, which was the leading family of ministers in the US in the 19th century.

The Most Famous Man in America is available as an ebook. Sony Connect = $11.55; Fictionwise = n/a; Books on Board = $14.19; Amazon Kindle = $9.99

JSWolf · 10-07-2008, 06:32 PM

It is available at Fictionwise for $11.93 club price and $14.02 non-club price.

09-24-2008, 06:25 PM	#1
rhadin Literacy = Understanding Posts: 4,833 Karma: 59674358 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The World of Books Device: Nook, Nook Tablet	The Most Famous Man in America by Debby Applegate is the biography of Henry Ward Beecher (you may be more familiar with his sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin). Henry was a Calvinist/Puritan minister who changed his philosophy and gave up Calvinism for a more liberal view of evangelical Christianity. Henry was the second most hated person by the South in during the American Civil War, just behind Abraham Lincoln. He was minister for a quarter century to the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, NY, and received a salary of as much as $100,000 as its pastor in the 1870s. He traveled the United States and Europe giving speeches, was editor of several newspapers, and was tried for "criminal conversation" (i.e., for having an affair with another man's wife). The book is highly recommended. It is well written and provides a fascinating insight into the Beecher family, which was the leading family of ministers in the US in the 19th century. The Most Famous Man in America is available as an ebook. Sony Connect = $11.55; Fictionwise = n/a; Books on Board = $14.19; Amazon Kindle = $9.99

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10-07-2008, 06:32 PM	#2
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