Mary Baker Eddy
by Gill, Gillian
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0738200425
- ISBN 13
- 9780738200422
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About This Item
Reading, MA: Perseus Books; A Merloyd Lawrence Book, 1998. xxxv, 713 pages, [24] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Radcliffe Biography Series. Tight, clean copy. Stated First printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "In 1866, a frail, impoverished invalid, middle-aged, widowed and divorced, rose from her bed after a life-threatening fall, asked for her Bible, and took the first steps toward the founding of the Christian Science Church. Four decades later, she was revered as their leader by thousands of churches in the U.S. and Europe, had founded a national newspaper, and had become probably the most powerful woman in America.Who was this astonishing woman, the mother of the Mother Church? How did she prepare for her illustrious career during her years of obscurity, and what was her inspiration for the healing practices and doctrine of Christian Science? Gillian Gill, a non-Christian Science Scientist scholar, who managed to win unparalleled access to the Church archives, offers here an entirely new look at Mary Baker Eddy.For the first time readers will see the extraordinary leadership skills exercised by Mrs. Eddy despite the repressive forces facing women in her time. For the first time we learn the full story of the bizarre attack on Mrs. Eddy by Joseph Pulitzer and his New York Worldalleging that she was at least senile and possibly not even alive. In this enthralling biography, we rediscover Mary Baker Eddy as a radical Christian thinker, pioneer in the recognition of mind/body connections, survivor of scandal, and target of both admiration and scorn from such eminent contemporaries as Mark Twain. Gillian Gills sense of drama, her critical acumen, and her delicious wit bring to life a brilliant religious leader whose message has new meaning in our time." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
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- Title
- Mary Baker Eddy
- Author
- Gill, Gillian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0738200425
- ISBN 13
- 9780738200422
- Publisher
- Perseus Books; A Merloyd Lawrence Book
- Place of Publication
- Reading, MA
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES;
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