Crusader in Crinoline: The Life of Harriet Beecher StoweAn absorbingly interesting portrait of a personality and an age. |
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Page 60
... needed a good " female school , " and besides , her highly educated brother Edward was in Hartford , and he could help her . In fact , Catharine , as the one supplying the capital , foresaw herself as taking the " general ...
... needed a good " female school , " and besides , her highly educated brother Edward was in Hartford , and he could help her . In fact , Catharine , as the one supplying the capital , foresaw herself as taking the " general ...
Page 113
... needed some means of immediate support , because I was urged by various friends , and from the hope of doing good by starting such a school . " Something that lies between the two explanations is probably the truth . No doubt her father ...
... needed some means of immediate support , because I was urged by various friends , and from the hope of doing good by starting such a school . " Something that lies between the two explanations is probably the truth . No doubt her father ...
Page 332
... needed no battalions behind him , as the " Alabama man " had said the Beechers did . It will not do to forget that Jewett needed another book by Mrs. Stowe to rivet to herself as authoress the vast following raised by Uncle Tom's Cabin ...
... needed no battalions behind him , as the " Alabama man " had said the Beechers did . It will not do to forget that Jewett needed another book by Mrs. Stowe to rivet to herself as authoress the vast following raised by Uncle Tom's Cabin ...
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