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Source: WHYY "Fresh Air"

Roundup

7-17-06

Henry Ward Beecher was most famous man in 19c America [audio 7min]

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Most Famous Man in America, by Debby Applegate. Applegate offers insights about the charismatic Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, the brother of Uncle Tom's Cabin author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Read entire article at WHYY "Fresh Air"