{"product_id":"dreamers-of-the-american-dream-9781941890356","title":"Dreamers of the American Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003eVisionaries, crackpots, fanatics, dreamers, suffragettes, temperance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworkers, be-sloganned devotees of betterment in marriage, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereligion, sex, alcohol, labor relations, penal codes \u0026amp; the treatment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof mental illness rub shoulders in a book which encompasses the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican dream of Utopia, sobriety \u0026amp; the pursuit of happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shouting \u0026amp; axe-swinging reformer, Carrie Nation, splintered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esaloon mirrors. At Sherrill, NY, John Humphrey Noyes, founder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Putney Corporation of Perfectionists, fostered \"complex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emarriage\"-an apt description, since fidelity \u0026amp; exclusiveness in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ematrimony were frowned upon. Laura Bridgman, Louis Dwight, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorothea Dix, Susan B. Anthony \u0026amp; Mrs Stanton fought their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emercurial \u0026amp; protracted battles-usually in defense of the rights of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eothers: the deaf, the blind, the insane \u0026amp; the weaker sex. Holbrook's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esummation of these prophets of Excelsior should interest anyone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith even a flickering interest in the history of the country \u0026amp; the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eevolution of the society we know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwest Corner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941890356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Stewart H. Holbrook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574072156341,"sku":"9781941890356","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c255fa9a-510f-41fb-a4b6-5df2bb215203.jpg?v=1643688998","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dreamers-of-the-american-dream-9781941890356","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}