Autobiography and personal recollections of John B. Gough : with twenty-six years' experience as a public speaker

Springfield, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, PA: Bill, Nichols, & Co.; Bill & Heron ; H.C. Johnson, 1869. Hardcover. Original brown leather boards with stamped design, 552 pp. 9 BW illustrations, including portrait frontis. Fair. Missing spine, hinges fragile, binding otherwise holdin. (Ironically, Gough was a bookbinder.) Former owner's name stamped on blank page. Item #130954

John Bartholomew Gough (August 22, 1817 - February 18, 1886) was a United States temperance orator...famous for his eloquence. An intense earnestness derived from experience, and his power of imitation and expression, enabled him to work on the sensibilities of his audiences." --Wikipedia.

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