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Edward Everett
"Edward Everett's career coincided with the beginning of industrialism, the coming of railroads, and a revolution in water transportation. It also coincided with the beginnings of large-scale immigration, the rapid development of urban centers, and the rise of the anti-slavery movement. These silent forces transformed society and brought about one of the most turbulent political eras in the nation's history. Divisive sectional interests, the rise of the new two-party system, and territorial expansion changed the political arena. Everett entered politics as this new era began. He was already a public man. He shone brightly as editor of the nation's first literary magazine, the North American ...
Apostle of Union
Known today as “the other speaker at Gettysburg,” Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War. In this new biography, Matthew Mason argues that Everett’s extraordinarily well-documented career reveals a complex man whose shifting political opinions, especially on the topic of slavery, illuminate the nuances of Northern Unionism. In the case of Everett — who once pledged to march south to aid slaveholders in putting down slave insurrections — Mason explores just how complex the question of slavery was for most Northerners, who considered slavery within a larger context of competing priorities tha...
Edward Everett
If Edward Everett is remembered at all today, it is as the orator who gave the other speech at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1863. Ironically, Everett's oration, which was given wide coverage in contemporary newspapers, was recognized as both epideictic and argumentative. Everett defended the Union cause, whereas Lincoln's speech was strictly ceremonial. A second irony that attends Everett's oratorical career is that his countrymen believed him to be one of the great orators of the time, the undisputed master of ceremonial address. In this first new study of Edward Everett's oratory, author Ronald Reid addresses the historical and oratorical paradoxes that have influenced percepti...
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: Ten Christmas stories
In "Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: Ten Christmas Stories," Edward Everett Hale masterfully weaves together narratives that capture the spirit of Christmas through an array of poignant and reflective stories. Written in the late 19th century, the collection embodies Hale's distinctive literary style that combines warmth and moral depth, showcasing themes of charity, family, and the transcendent power of human connection. Each tale serves as a microcosm of the broader social issues of Hale'Äôs time, interlacing elements of realism with a touch of idealism, thereby making it a significant contribution to the holiday literary canon. Edward Everett Hale, a prominent figure in American literat...
