Within two years, the family was bankrupt and Herman's father ... Despite being considered among the best poems of the 19th century, Battle-Pieces sold a meager 486 copies.

In 1845 Greeley published Fuller's landmark book, "Woman in the Nineteenth Century," which argued for women's equality in all aspects of life ... sailed for America with her family on the ...

From the nation’s founding to the Civil War, he argues, religion provided a sacred, even transcendent framework for defining America’s identity and charting its course. In shaping both the ...