Applegate, Debby.

The most famous man in America : the biography of Henry Ward Beecher / Henry Ward Beecher Debby Applegate. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, c2006. - ix, 529 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-503) and index.

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Chronicles the life of Henry Ward Beecher, the son of a Puritan minister and brother to Harriet Beecher Stowe, discussing how he stepped out of the shadow of his parents and siblings to become an important figure in the antislavery and women's suffrage movements, the entertainment industry, and the fields of politics and psychology.

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Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887.
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887.


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