UID:
almahu_9949080408402882
Format:
1 online resource (644 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white).
ISBN:
9780197547359 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
'Teacher, Preacher, Soldier, Spy' is an account of an extraordinary 19th century American life. A schoolteacher and Methodist preacher in Missouri, in the Civil War John R. Kelso earned fame fighting rebel guerrillas. Seeking personal revenge as well as defending the Union, he vowed to slay 25 rebels with his own hand, and when he did so he was elected to Congress. In the House of Representatives during Reconstruction, he was one of the first to call for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. After his term in Congress, personal tragedy drove him west, where he became a freethinking lecturer and author, an atheist, a spiritualist, and, before his death in 1891, an anarchist. John R. Kelso was many things. He was also a strong-willed son, a passionate husband, and a loving and grieving father.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2021.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780197547328
Language:
English
Keywords:
Biografie
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
