Memoirs of A Reformer (1832-1892)
ROSS, Alexander Milton
From Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
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AbeBooks Seller since 15 December 2006
From Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 December 2006
About this Item
271 p. 19 cm. Frontispiece portrait of the author, 2 b&w illustrations, and a facsimile letter. Grey cloth hardcover with gold print. Ink signature on front free endpaper of Dugald A. McKerrall of the hamlet of Eberts, near Dresden, Ontario. Alexander Milton Ross (1832 1897) was a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, known in that organization and among slaves as "The Birdman" for his preferred cover story as an ornithologist. A man of diverse interests and accomplishments, he was not only a bird expert but also a keen botanist and entomologist. An idealist, Ross manifested his beliefs in radical, anti-establishment activity and in polemical writing. As these Memoirs indicate, he was a committed and outspoken abolitionist but held a variety of other controversial views; he was a health fanatic, vegetarian, teetotaller, anti-vaccination and tobacco crusader, feminist, and eugenicist. The Appendix to this volume suggest he had an ego to match his accomplishments, for he includes praise by famous persons of his age (Gladstone, Garibaldi, Victor Hugo, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Horace Greeley, John Greenleaf Whittier) and rave reviews of his books. Seller Inventory # 116939
Bibliographic Details
Title: Memoirs of A Reformer (1832-1892)
Publisher: Hunter, Rose & Company, Toronto
Publication Date: 1893
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good
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