A "lively biography" ( The New Yorker ) of Julia Ward Howe, the powerful feminist pioneer and author of the Civil War anthem, "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Julia Ward (1819-1910) was an heiress who married a handsome accomplished doctor who worked with the blind and deaf. But...
"Unfailingly vivid--and fair-minded" -- The Atlantic "Riveting" -- The New York Times Book Review "A biography with the verve and pace of a delicious novel...a polemic and a pleasure." -- The Boston Globe The first biography to reveal Julia Ward Howe--the author of The Battle...