Description: Published in 1870; this copy is from the First Edition. Cover appears to be leather. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN B GOUGH with 26 years' experience as a public speaker Although relatively unknown today, John B. Gough (1817-1886) was an international celebrity during his own lifetime. He was a temperance reformer and lecturer who delivered some 9,000 lectures to more than nine million people throughout the United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Canada, France, and Switzerland. He was credited with inspiring 200,000 people to sign “the pledge” to stop drinking. His success was due in large measure to two factors: he was a brilliant performer who impersonated different people and displayed a wide range of emotions in his public addresses and he was a recovering or as he and his contemporaries would say a “reformed” alcoholic and he drew upon his own experiences battling “demon rum” to provide insight and inspiration to others. Hardback measures 9" by 6" with 552 pages Priced at $20 ; It will be carefully wrapped, and shipped in a box.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Signed: No
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Personalized: No
Author: John B Gough
Publisher: Bill, Nichols & Company
Topic: John B Gough
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1870
