Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Annals of the American Pulpit: Presbyterian
Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Annals of the American Pulpit: Presbyterian
Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Annals of the American Pulpit: Presbyterian. 1859
Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Annals of the American Pulpit: Presbyterian. 1859
Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Annals of the American Pulpit: Presbyterian. 1860 v. 5. Episcopalian. 1861
Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Annals of the American Pulpit: Presbyterian. 1859
Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Annals of the American Pulpit
Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Associate Presbyterian church of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Annals of the American Pulpit
Author: William Buell SpragueAnnals of the American Pulpit: Lutheran, Reformed Dutch, Associate, Associate Reformed, Reformed Presbyterian
Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
The Richmond Theater Fire
Author: Meredith Henne BakerPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807143766
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
On the day after Christmas in 1811, the state of Virginia lost its governor and almost one hundred citizens in a devastating nighttime fire that consumed a Richmond playhouse. During the second act of a melodramatic tale of bandits, ghosts, and murder, a small fire kindled behind the backdrop. Within minutes, it raced to the ceiling timbers and enveloped the audience in flames. The tragic Richmond Theater fire would inspire a national commemoration and become its generation's defining disaster. A vibrant and bustling city, Richmond was synonymous with horse races, gambling, and frivolity. The gruesome fire amplified the capital's reputation for vice and led to an upsurge in antitheater criticism that spread throughout the country and across the Atlantic. Clerics in both America and abroad urged national repentance and denounced the stage, a sentiment that nearly destroyed theatrical entertainment in Richmond for decades. Local churches, by contrast, experienced a rise in attendance and became increasingly evangelical. In The Richmond Theater Fire, the first book about the event and its aftermath, Meredith Henne Baker explores a forgotten catastrophe and its wide societal impact. The story of transformation comes alive through survivor accounts of slaves, actresses, ministers, and statesmen. Investigating private letters, diaries, and sermons, among other rare or unpublished documents, Baker views the event and its outcomes through the fascinating lenses of early nineteenth-century theater, architecture, and faith, and reveals a rich and vital untold story from America's past.