Lydia Maria Child
Title | Lydia Maria Child PDF eBook |
Author | Lydia Moland |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 569 |
Release | 2022-10-07 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 022671585X |
Now in paperback, a compelling biography of Lydia Maria Child, one of nineteenth-century America’s most courageous abolitionists. By 1830, Lydia Maria Child had established herself as something almost unheard of in the American nineteenth century: a beloved and self-sufficient female author. Best known today for the immortal poem “Over the River and through the Wood,” Child had become famous at an early age for spunky self-help books and charming children’s stories. But in 1833, Child shocked her readers by publishing a scathing book-length argument against slavery in the United States—a book so radical in its commitment to abolition that friends abandoned her, patrons ostracized her, and her book sales plummeted. Yet Child soon drew untold numbers to the abolitionist cause, becoming one of the foremost authors and activists of her generation. Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life tells the story of what brought Child to this moment and the extraordinary life she lived in response. Through Child’s example, philosopher Lydia Moland asks questions as pressing and personal in our time as they were in Child’s: What does it mean to change your life when the moral future of your country is at stake? When confronted by sanctioned evil and systematic injustice, how should a citizen live? Child’s lifetime of bravery, conviction, humility, and determination provides a wealth of spirited guidance for political engagement today.
An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans
Title | An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans PDF eBook |
Author | Lydia Maria Francis Child |
Publisher | Legare Street Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-07-18 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781019451489 |
Published in 1833, this book is a passionate argument in favor of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Child writes eloquently about the horrors of slavery and the urgent need to end it. Her work was instrumental in helping to shift public opinion against slavery, making this book a critical part of the US anti-slavery movement. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Freedmen's Book
Title | The Freedmen's Book PDF eBook |
Author | Lydia Maria Child |
Publisher | |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 1866 |
Genre | African Americans |
ISBN |
Lydia Maria Child, Selected Letters, 1817-1880
Title | Lydia Maria Child, Selected Letters, 1817-1880 PDF eBook |
Author | Lydia Maria Child |
Publisher | |
Pages | 614 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Hobomok
Title | Hobomok PDF eBook |
Author | Lydia Maria Child |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2022-05-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
Hobomok is a novel by author and human rights campaigner Lydia Maria Child. It relates the marriage of a white American woman, Mary Conant, to a Native American husband and her attempt to raise their son in white society.
The Girl's Own Book
Title | The Girl's Own Book PDF eBook |
Author | Lydia Maria Child |
Publisher | |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 1833 |
Genre | Amusements |
ISBN |
Over the River and Through the Wood
Title | Over the River and Through the Wood PDF eBook |
Author | Lydia Marie Child |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1999-09-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780805063110 |
In this hilarious modern spoof of a favorite holiday song, the trip to Grandfather's house is no peaceful sleigh ride!