American Saint: The Life Of Elizabeth Seton

A portrait of the first American saint and founder of the first order of American nuns documents her privileged upbringing in an 18th-century New York where Catholicism was illegal, her conversion after the death of her husband and her advocacy of women's rights. 25,000 first printing.

• | Author: Joan Barthel
• | Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• | Publication Date: Mar 04, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0312571623
• | ISBN-13: 9780312571627