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A passionate life : W. H. H. Murray, from preacher to progressive / Randall S. Beach.
Van Pelt Library GV191.52.M87 B43 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beach, Randall S., author.
- Series:
- Excelsior editions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Outdoor life--United States--History--19th century.
- Outdoor life.
- Outdoorsmen--United States--Biography.
- Outdoorsmen.
- Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.
- Clergy.
- Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison), 1840-1904.
- Murray, W. H. H.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 181 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "The first full biography of W.H.H. Murray (1849-1904), a Boston preacher often described as the father of the American outdoor movement and the modern vacation"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. One Beginnings
- 1. Guilford
- 2. Yale
- 3. Seminary
- pt. Two Reverend
- 4. Pastor
- 5. Park Street: 1869
- 6. Adventures in the Wilderness
- 7. The Rush
- 8. Park Street: Muscular Christian
- 9. The Perfect Horse
- 10. Park Street: Separation
- 11. Boston Music Hall
- pt. Three Miscellaneous Man
- 12. Texas
- 13. Montreal
- 14. Burlington
- 15. Lake Champlain
- pt. Four Home
- 16. Home and Family
- 17. How I am Educating My Daughters
- Afterword
- Books / W. H. H. Murray.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438489353
- 1438489358
- 9781438489346
- 143848934X
- OCLC:
- 1287920318
- Publisher Number:
- 99993077709
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