AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN B. GOUGH, With Twenty Six Years Experience As A Public Speaker
by Gough, John B
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Springfield, Mass: Bill, Nichols and Company, 1869. By the age of 25, Gough was unemployed, homeless, and a confirmed drunkard. In 1842 he attended a temperance meeting in Worcester, Massachusetts where he took a pledge to totally abstain from liquor. He began to tell his story to eager audiences and soon embarked on a career of lecturing against the evils of drink.During his career, Gough delivered some 9,600 lectures to more than nine million people in America, Canada, England, Scotland, and Ireland. He became the most sought-after temperance lecturer in the country. When he died in 1886, the New York Times wrote that he "was probably better known in this country and in Great Britain than any other public speaker." Mr. Gough was one of this countrys most influential social reformers who helped to solve one of Americas most pressing problems. 552 pp. Covers are rubbed as are all edges, but solid and intact. Corners rubbed, 2 of them to boards. Overall covers are Good. Front endpaper with small paper sticker with numbers. Slight foxing on a few pages, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. Illustrated by George Cruikshank and others. Laid in a newspaper article from The New York Times Book Review, February 16, 1930: Rum and John Gough. . Cloth. Good. Illus. by George Cruikshank. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Autobiography.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003990
- Title
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN B. GOUGH, With Twenty Six Years Experience As A Public Speaker
- Author
- Gough, John B
- Illustrator
- George Cruikshank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Bill, Nichols and Company
- Place of Publication
- Springfield, Mass
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- Temperance Lecturer, Public Speaker, Autobiography,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Famous Americans; Autobiography;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9"
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