Famous Americans of recent times
By: by James Parton ...
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Published: 1895
Place of publication: Boston; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
Subjects: United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: First ed. 1867.
"The papers contained in this volume were originally published in the North American review, with four exceptions. Those upon Theodosia Burr and John Jacob Astor first appeared in Harper's magazine; that upon Commodore Vanderbilt, in the New York ledger; and that upon Henry Ward Beecher and his church, in the Atlantic monthly."--Note.