Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

Download or read book The Magnificent Activist written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2000-07-06 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higginson worked to abolish slavery, commanded the first black unit to fight for the Union, inspired the creation of Smith College, and edited Emily Dickinson's poetry. Included here are Higginson's abolitionist pieces like "Why Back John Brown?," anti-imperialist essays such as "Where Liberty is Not, There is My Country," women's rights articles like "Ought Women to Learn the Alphabet?", and pieces on nature, including "Water Lilies." Also in the collection are essays on Sappho, Longfellow, Dickinson, and Henry James. An extensive introduction precedes the whole volume and smaller introductions precede thematic sections. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR