The Life of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross (Vol. 1 of 2)

The Life of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross (Vol. 1 of 2)

The life of Clara Barton is a story of unique and permanent interest; but it is more than an interesting story. It is an important chapter in the history of our country, and in that of the progress of philanthropy in this country and the world. Without that chapter, some events of large importance can never be adequately understood. Hers was a long life. She lived to enter her tenth decade, and when she died was still so normal in the soundness of her bodily organs and in the clarity of her mind and memory that it seemed she might easily have lived to see her hundredth birthday. Hers was a life spent largely in the Nations capital. She knew personally every president from Lincoln to Roosevelt, and was acquainted with nearly every man of prominence in our national life. When she went abroad, her associates were people of high rank and wide influence in their respective countries. No American woman received more honor while she lived, either at home or abroad, and how worthily she bore these honors those know best who knew her best. The time has come for the publication of a definitive biography of Clara Barton. Such a book could not earlier have been prepared. The Life of Clara Barton, by Percy H. Epler, published in 1915, was issued to meet the demand which rose immediately after her death for a comprehensive biography, and it was published with the full approval of Miss Bartons relatives and of her literary executors, including the author of the present work. But,[Pg xii] by agreement, the two large vaults containing some tons of manuscripts which Miss Barton left, were not opened until after the publication of Mr. Eplers book. It was the judgment of her literary executors, concurred in by Mr. Epler, that this mine of information could not be adequately explored within any period consistent with the publication of a biography such as he contemplated. For this reason, the two vaults remained unopened until his book was on the market. The contents of these vaults, containing more than forty closely packed boxes, is the chief source of the present volume, and this abundant material has been supplemented by letters and personal reminiscences from Clara Bartons relatives and intimate friends. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 67505
Author: Barton, William E. (William Eleazar)
Release Date: Feb 26, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Publication Date: 1922
Publisher Country: United States