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Men of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the Day Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen, generals, and orators. Including biographical sketches and anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher.

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Men of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the Day Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen, generals, and orators. Including biographical sketches and anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher.

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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A compact collection of portrait sketches brings together some of the most recognizable figures of mid‑nineteenth‑century America—presidents, generals, reformers and orators whose names still echo in history. The author weaves together their public deeds with glimpses of the family and community influences that shaped them, paying particular attention to the role of mothers and early upbringing. Each biography stays within the realm of what the public has a right to know, offering a respectful look at how character and circumstance forged leaders of a nation in crisis.

Accompanying the text are eighteen finely engraved steel portraits that give a visual sense of the men behind the deeds. Dedicated to the nation’s youth, the volume presents these lives as exemplars of the “American school of Christian Democracy,” illustrating how a blend of heritage and moral conviction helped steer the Republic through its most turbulent years.

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Men of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the Day Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen, generals, and orators. Including biographical sketches and anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher. Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen, generals, and orators. Including biographical sketches and anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher.

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~15 hours (867K characters)

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by David Edwards, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2014-07-21

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Public domain in the USA.

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46347

Subjects

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography United States -- Biography

About the author

Harriet Beecher Stowe

1811–1896

Best known for Uncle Tom’s Cabin, she wrote stories that reached millions and helped turn public feeling against slavery. Her work made her one of the most influential American writers of the 19th century.

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