| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
449 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [401]-428) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: How to begin? -- Revelations, 1720-28 -- Transition, 1729-30 -- Sinner and saints, 1731-35 -- Young man Wool, 1736-43 -- Charity, 1743-53 -- Nightmares, 1754-55 -- Taxed, 1756-57 -- Pure wisdom, 1758-59 -- Words, 1760-63 -- Travels, 1764-69 -- Growth, 1769-72 -- Away, 1772 -- Home, 1772 -- How to end, 1772 -- Epilogue: a new beginning. |
| Summary |
A biography of the famous eighteenth-century Quaker whose abolitionist fervor and spiritual practice made him a model for generations of Americans. |
| Subject |
Woolman, John, 1720-1772.
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Quakers -- United States -- Biography.
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Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0809095149 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780809095148 hardcover alkaline paper |
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