American Saint: The Life of Elizabeth Seton [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Barthel, Joan

Published by Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press, New York, 2014

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As new condition blue boards with gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Foreword by Maya Angelou; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and portraits. Also includes a tipped-in "St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Pray for Us" devotional by the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Emmitsburg, MD and a postcard size Prayer of Intercession card illustrated with an artifact from Seton Shine and Museum, a large banner which is hung from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome at Mother Seton's canonization in 1975 (see pictures). "In this riveting biography of Elizabeth Seton, critically acclaimed and bestselling author Joan Barthel tells the mesmerizing story of a woman whose life featured wealth and poverty, passion and sorrow, love and loss. Elizabeth was born into a prominent New York City family in 1774. Her father was the chief health officer for the Port of New York, and she lived down the block from Alexander Hamilton. She danced at George Washington's sixty-fifth birthday ball wearing cream-colored monogrammed slippers. Catholicism was illegal in New York when she was born; Catholic priests seen in the city were arrested, sometimes hung. When Elizabeth and her wealthy husband, Will, sailed to Italy in a doomed attempt to cure his tuberculosis, she and her family were quarantined in a damp dungeon. And when Elizabeth later became a Catholic, she was so scorned that people talked of burning down her house. American Saint is the inspiring story of a brave woman who forged the way for the other women who followed and who made a name for herself in a world entirely ruled by men. Elizabeth resisted male clerical control of her religious order, as nuns are doing today, and the publication of her story could not be more timely.". Seller Inventory # 001659

Bibliographic Details

Title: American Saint: The Life of Elizabeth Seton ...

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press, New York

Publication Date: 2014

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Edition: 1st Edition