America's Joan of Arc: The Life of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson

by J. Matthew Gallman

Book Overview

One of the most celebrated women of her time, a spellbinding speaker dubbed the Queen of the Lyceum and America's Joan of Arc, Anna Elizabeth Dickinson was a charismatic orator, writer, and actress, who rose to fame during the Civil War and remained in the public eye for the next three decades.
J. Matthew Gallman offers the first full-length biography of Dickinson to appear in over half a century. Gallman describes how Dickinson's passionate patriotism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195161459
• ISBN13: 9780195161458
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"