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Fortune and faith in old Chicago : a dual biography of Mayor Augustus Garrett and seminary founder Eliza Clark Garrett / Charles H. Cosgrove.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cosgrove, Charles H., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Garrett, Augustus, 1801-1848.
- Garrett, Augustus.
- Garrett, Eliza Clark, 1805-1855.
- Garrett, Eliza Clark.
- Garrett Biblical Institute--History.
- Garrett Biblical Institute.
- Mayors--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- Mayors.
- Women philanthropists.
- History.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Women philanthropists--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--19th century.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Chicago (Ill.)--History--19th century.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 306 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Augustus Garrett and Eliza Clark Garrett were a very influential couple in old Chicago. Augustus served two terms as mayor of Chicago. The story of his wife Eliza, the chronicle of a spiritual journey, reflects the struggles of sincere, pious women to come to terms with tragedy in an age when most people attributed every unhappy event as divinely determined"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Newburgh beginnings
- Prosecuted and put to cost
- The great fairy land of fortunes
- Crash and conversion
- The politician
- Their separate spheres
- The founder.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Cosgrove, Charles H. Fortune and faith in old Chicago.
- ISBN:
- 9780809337941
- 0809337940
- OCLC:
- 1084330541
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