Narrative of Riots at Alton
by Beecher, Edward
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- FINE
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
NY: Dutton, 1965. (1st thus). Paperback. FINE. "Probably the most eloquent defense of freedom of inquiry ever written in America." "1837, Elijah P. Lovejoy, abolitionist editor and Presbyterian minister, was shot five times and killed while defending the press of his newspaper, the Alton Observer, from an..Illinois mob...Edward Beecher's Narrative is an eyewitness account of the events leading to Lovejoy's murder" Reprint of 1838 publication. Tight, bright, clean, square. Some edgewear.
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- Bookseller
- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58P057
- Title
- Narrative of Riots at Alton
- Author
- Beecher, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE
- Edition
- (1st thus)
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1965
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Reprint
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.