Lyman Beecher and His Children

Résumé du livre

"A close look at one of the truly great American families in the antebellum period provides a prism through which to view most of the major changes occurring society and culture. Few families could provide the rich resources to study and to understand this period as could the Beecher family. Snyder is not interested in providing another story of Lyman Beecher, or a combination of the period through a study of the relationship between a father and his very gifted children the result is a stimulating analysis of all the Beechers as well as a persuasive picture of what happened in culture and society in pre-Victorian America." -- Jerald C. Brauer (Editor's Preface, xiii)