A man on fire : the worlds of Thomas Wentworth Higginson /

""Colonel Higginson was a man on fire," read one obituary. "He had convictions and lived up to them in the fullest degree." The obituary added that he had "led the first negro regiment, contributed to the literature of America, and left an imprint upon history too deep...

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Main Author:	Egerton, Douglas R. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:	Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, > 1823-1911. United States. > Army. > South Carolina Volunteers, 1st (1862-1864) > Biography. Abolitionists > Massachusetts > Biography. Social reformers > Massachusetts > Biography. Politicians > Massachusetts > Biography. Poets > Biography. United States > Armed Forces > Officers > Biography. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography. Massachusetts > History > 19th century. Massachusetts > Biography. Abolitionnistes > Massachusetts > Biographies. Réformateurs sociaux > Massachusetts > Biographies. Politiciens > Massachusetts > Biographies. États-Unis > Forces armées > Officiers > Biographies. États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Biographies. Massachusetts > Biographies. Poètes > Biographies. Massachusetts > Histoire > 19e siècle. Historical. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Social Activists. Civil War Period (1850-1877) United States. HISTORY. Biography & non-fiction prose. Biography. Electronic books. Biographies.
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Table of Contents:

"Launching upon the world", 1823-1841
"The rearing of a reformer", 1841-1849
"All we need is action", 1849-1854
"War always educates me to itself", 1855-1857
""Always ready to invest in treason", 1857-1869
"Is there no such thing as honor among Confederates?", 1859-1860
"A fighting parson", 1861-1862
"Path of duty is the way to glory", 1862-1865
"The women's hour", 1865-1877
"The happiest day of my life", 1877-1888
"The crowning years", 1889-1911.