320 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Green softcover, 312 + 8 pages, index, endnotes, 3 appendixes, nearly 400 b/w photos, illustrations and facsimiles. ; Known as "Father of American Medicine," Benjamin Rush pioneered fields of psychiatry, chemistry, alcohol addiction, prison reform, anti-slavery and anti-death penalty activism, and more. He signed the Declaration of Independence for Pennsylvania and was United States Treasurer for 16 years. This book also focuses on his strong attachment to religion: he was an active Presbyterian, Methodist, Universalist and Episcopalian. ; Only a touch of edgewear. No marks or defects.
Title: Benjamin Rush : Signer of the Declaration of Independence
ISBN Number: 0925279730
ISBN-13: 9780925279736
Location Published: Wallbuilder Press: 1999
Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Item: 0.80 lbs
Categories: Biography
Seller ID: 20831
Keywords: american history, americana, biography, colonial era, liberal religion, medical, medicine, universalism, universalist, uutopics
