The Most Famous Man in America : The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher HC, ex library Knowing the story of the life Henry Ward Beecher helps to round out an understanding of the life of his famous daughter Harriet Beecher Stow. I guess you can say it's the story behind the story. The book is an ex-library edition with a well protected dust jacket and with the stamps and labels one would expect of a library copy. There is a gap (crack) in the binding on the photo page, opposite of the title page. See the close up photo. Otherwise the over all condition is good. Clean and free of marks, from a non smoking home. 529 pages