The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher
By Debby Applegate
Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
Henry
Ward Beecher. Fiery American preacher. Social reformer. Son of
evangelist Lyman Beecher. Brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Advocate of
women’s suffrage, temperance and Darwin’s theory of evolution. Foe of
slavery. Accused adulterer whose sex scandal was one of the most
sensational trials of the 19th century.
With the
page-turning suspense of a novel and dramatic new historical evidence,
Debby Applegate has written the definitive biography of this
captivating, mercurial and sometimes infuriating figure whose life
epitomizes the culture and conflicts of contemporary America.
(Hardcover, Doubleday, 2006.)
