Title: The minister's wooing. Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery ...
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Title: The minister's wooing. Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP03960200 CollectionID: CTRG02-B364 PublicationDate: 18590101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: Collation: 578 p.; 19 cm
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I had only known Harriet Beecher Stowe from Uncle Tom's Cabin. She is still the true abolitionist at heart, but her aim this time is to free people's minds and hearts from the hopelessness of Calvinism. It is, of course, written in a style that is quite archaic and foreign to readers of this century, but the story is beautiful. The description of life in Newport, Rhode Island in the 18th century is beguiling, to say the least. This book is a glimpse of everyday life, at what hour meals were eaten, when to retire for the night, preparations for a wedding, descriptions of clothing. These homely details are coupled with discussions of theology and the freedom of an individual to conduct a quest for God on his or her own terms. The love story in this case serves as a vehicle to unmask a rigid, unyielding theological system that takes the joy out of life. There is the interesting addition of Aaron Burr as the villain in a subplot. It takes a little effort to stick with the story at times, but seeing life in this place and in this time is rewarding.