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Author:
Cosgrove, Charles H. author.
Title:
Fortune and faith in old Chicago : a dual biography of Mayor Augustus Garrett and seminary founder Eliza Clark Garrett / Charles H. Cosgrove.
Publisher:
Southern Illinois University Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xi, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Garrett, Augustus,--1801-1848.
Garrett, Eliza Clark,--1805-1855.
Garrett Biblical Institute--History.
Garrett, Augustus,--1801-1848.
Garrett, Eliza Clark,--1805-1855.
Garrett Biblical Institute.
Mayors--Chicago--Chicago--Biography.
Women philanthropists--Chicago--Chicago--Biography.
Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--19th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--19th century.
Mayors.
Politics and government.
Women philanthropists.
Illinois--Chicago.
1800-1899
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Newburgh beginnings -- Prosecuted and put to cost -- The great fairy land of fortunes -- Crash and conversion -- The politician -- Their separate spheres -- The founder.
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.
ISBN:
0809337940
9780809337941
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1084330541
LCCN:
2019023445
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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