The Manliest Man: Samuel G. Howe and the Contours of Nineteenth-Century American Reform

by James W. Trent

A native of Boston and a physician by training, Samuel G. Howe (1801-1876) led a remarkable life. He was a veteran of the Greek War of Independence, a fervent abolitionist, and the founder of both the Perkins School for the Blind and the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Children. Married to Julia Ward Howe, author of "Battle Hymn of the Republic," he counted among his friends Senator Charles Sumner, public school advocate Horace...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558499598
• ISBN13: 9781558499591
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"