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

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The Manliest Man SAMUEL G. HOWE AND THE CONTOURS OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN REFORM James W. Trent Jr. University of Massachusetts Press Amherst & Boston ( Copyright © 2012 by University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 2012008132 ISBN 978-1-55849-959-1 (paper); 958-4 (library cloth) Designed by Jack Harrison Set in Adobe Garamond Pro Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Trent, James W. The manliest man : Samuel G. Howe and the contours of nineteenth-century American reform / James W. Trent Jr. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-55849-959-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-55849-958-4 (library cloth : alk. paper) 1. Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. 2. Philanthropists—United States—Biography. 3. Social reformers—United States—Biography. 4. Physicians—United States—Biography. 5. United States—History—19th century. I. Title. HV1624.H7T74 2012 371.9'11092—dc23 [B] 2012008132 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available. Frontispiece: S. G. Howe (ca. 1850). Courtesy Boyd B. Stutler Collection, West Virginia State Archives. ...