Fortune and Faith in Old Chicago: A Dual Biography of Mayor Augustus Garrett and Seminary Founder Eliza Clark Garrett

by Charles H. Cosgrove

This engaging biography of Augustus Garrett and Eliza Clark Garrett tells two equally compelling stories: an ambitious man's struggle to succeed and the remarkable spiritual journey of a woman attempting to overcome tragedy. By contextualizing the couple's lives within the rich social, political, business, and religious milieu of Chicago's early urbanization, author Charles H. Cosgrove fills a gap in the history of the city in the mid-nineteenth century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809337940
• ISBN13: 9780809337941
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"