cordelia drexel biddle (11 risultati)

Condizione: Très bon. Nos envois se font avec suivi, pour tout problème n'hésitez pas à nous contacter pour trouver une solution.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: Very Good. Bon état. 1986. Very Good.

Condizione: Fine. Très bon état. Sans date. Fine.

Condizione: Bueno. Valencia 1968. Ediciones Gaisa. Colección Películas Famosas nº 11. 62 pp. 23x16. Cartoné. Lomo algo rozado. Ilustrado. Basada en la película de Walt Disney.

paperback. Condizione: Good. ***Please Read*** NO marks on text - My shelf location 73-B-13*.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; x, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm ISBN 9781594162114, 1594162115 OCLC 880240408 LCCN 2015430954 LC BX4700.D77 B53 2014 Dewey 271.97 ; SIGNED by author on the title page ; white and black boards in photographic dustjacket ; "Powerful and profoundly moving, Saint Katharine is a book of rich and lively scholarship and of deeply felt devotion. You will not be able to put it down."--Donald Spoto, author of Reluctant Saint: The Life of Francis of Assisi. When Katharine Drexel was born in 1858, her grandfather, financier Francis Martin Drexel, had a fortune so vast he was able to provide a loan of sixty million dollars to the Union's cause during the Civil War. Her uncle and mentor, Anthony, established Drexel University to provide instruction to the working class regardless of race, religion, or gender. Her stepmother was Emma Bouvier whose brother, John, became the great-grandfather of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Katharine Drexel's family were American royalty. As a Philadelphia socialite, "Kitty," as she was often called, adored formal balls and teas, rowing regattas, and sailing races. She was beautiful, intelligent, and high-spirited. But when her stepmother died in 1883, and her father two years later, a sense of desolation nearly overwhelmed her. She was twenty-seven and in possession of a staggering inheritance. Approached for aid by the Catholic Indian Missions, she surprised her family by giving generously of money and time. It was during this period of acute self-examination that she journeyed to Rome for a private audience with Pope Leo XIII. With characteristic energy and fervor, she detailed the plight of the Native Americans, and begged for additional missionaries to serve them. His reply astonished her. "Why not, my child, yourself become a missionary?" In Saint Katharine: The Life of Katharine Drexel, Cordelia Frances Biddle recounts the extraordinary story of a Gilded Age luminary who became a selfless worker for the welfare and rights of America's poorest persons. After years of supporting efforts on behalf of African Americans and American Indians, Katharine finally decided to follow her inner voice and profess vows. The act made headlines. Like her father and grandfather, she was a shrewd businessperson; she retained her financial autonomy and established her own order, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Until her death in 1955, she devoted herself and her inheritance to building much-needed schools in the South and Southwest, despite threats from the Ku Klux Klan and others. Pragmatic, sometimes willful, ardent, and a charismatic leader, Katharine Drexel was an indefatigable champion of justice and parity. When illness incapacitated her in later years, divine radiance was said to emanate from her, a radiance that led to her canonization on October 1, 2000. ; FINE/FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Couverture rigide. Condizione: bon. RO70104949: 1968. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos abîmé, Intérieur frais. 250 pages. Illustrations noir et blanc dans le texte, et couleur hors texte de Jacques Poirier. Scotch de réparation sur le dos. . . . Classification Dewey : 843.0692-Livres d'enfants.

Couverture rigide. Condizione: bon. RO70104948: 1968. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 250 pages. Illustrations noir et blanc dans le texte, et couleur hors texte de Jacques Poirier. Coiffes légèrement frottées. . . . Classification Dewey : 843.0692-Livres d'enfants.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. "As told to Kyle Crichton." Offsetting to the end papers else near fine in vg+ dust jacket. A remarkably rare book from and about one of Philadelphia's oldest and most prestigious families.

Condizione: Used: Good. Occasion - Bon Etat - Taché - Le plus heureux des milliardaires (1968) - Poche.