The Temperance reform and its great reformers
Subtitle: an illustrated history including the temperance "blue laws" of the New England colonies, the liquor laws of the states, a sketch of the various temperance organizations, biographies of Lyman Beecher, John B. Gough, Dr. Jewett, etc., a chapter on the medical and chemical phases of the movement, "the crusades", the Woman's Christian Temperance Unions, "red ribbon" reform under Dr. Reynolds, the evangelistic temperance work under messrs. Moody, Sawyer, etc., history of the Murphy temperance movement, with thrilling experiences of reformed and converted drunkards, with over twenty portraits of the chief reformers, and characteristic selections from their best writings and addresses
By: edited by W.H. Daniels ; with an introd. by Theodore L. Cuyler
Series: Women and social movements in the United States, 1600-2000: scholar's edition
Publisher: Nelson & Phillips; Hitchcock & Walden
Published: 1878
Place of publication: New York; Cincinnati
Language: eng
Number of pages: 612
Subjects: Temperance; History