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Tempest-Tossed (Hardcover)
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Tempest-Tossed (Hardcover)
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Tempest-Tossed is the first full biography of the passionate,
fascinating youngest daughter of the "Fabulous Beecher" family--one
of America's most high-powered families of the nineteenth century.
Older sister Harriet Beecher Stowe was the author of Uncle Tom's
Cabin. Brother Henry Ward Beecher was one of America's most
influential ministers, and sister Catherine Beecher wrote pivotal
works on women's rights and educational reform. And then there was
Isabella Beecher Hooker--"a curiously modern nineteenth-century
figure." She was a leader in the suffrage movement, and a mover and
shaker in Hartford's storied Nook Farm neighborhood and salon. But
there is more to the story--to Isabella's character--than that.
Isabella was an ardent Spiritualist. In daily life, she could be
off-putting, perplexing, tenacious, charming. Many found her
daunting to get to know and stay on comfortable terms with. Her
"wild streak" was especially unfavorable in the eyes of Hartford
society at the time, which valued restraint and duty. In her latest
book, Susan Campbell brings her own unique blend of empathy and
unbridled humor to the story of Harriet's younger half-sister.
Tempest Tossed reveals Isabella's evolution from orthodox Calvinist
daughter, wife, and mother, to one of the most influential players
in the movement for women's suffrage, where this unforgettable
woman finally gets her proper due.
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