The National Temperance Orator, By Miss L. Penney, Hardcover, Prose Poems 1875

$45.00
About the Book:

This is a representative work from the post-Civil War temperance movement in America, which merged Christian revivalism, social reform, and emerging women’s activism. The National Temperance Orator offers a curated collection of prose, poetry, public addresses, and dialogues aimed at equipping reformers with performance-ready material. The book was issued by one of the most prolific 19th-century publishers of anti-alcohol literature.

The work provides a window into the rhetoric, moral reasoning, and oratorical strategies used to fight alcohol consumption decades before Prohibition. The inclusion of dialogues made it ideal for performance in schools, churches, and reform societies. It greatly captures a subset of American culture in the late 1800s & is a great edition to a collection.

Inscription reads-
"Aug 13/91
A token of old friendship
To Mr. Isaac N. Griffiths and wife
of M. D. Davies
Scranton, Pa"

Although there is limited public information on the names, the presence of the inscription suggests a personal connection between these individuals. Possibly within the Welsh-American community prevalent in Scranton during that period.

Condition Notes:

• Shelf wear to corners and spine ends
• Mild spine lean and staining to endpapers
• Ink gift inscription dated 1891
• Some foxing and light water damage on front endpapers
About the Book:

This is a representative work from the post-Civil War temperance movement in America, which merged Christian revivalism, social reform, and emerging women’s activism. The National Temperance Orator offers a curated collection of prose, poetry, public addresses, and dialogues aimed at equipping reformers with performance-ready material. The book was issued by one of the most prolific 19th-century publishers of anti-alcohol literature.

The work provides a window into the rhetoric, moral reasoning, and oratorical strategies used to fight alcohol consumption decades before Prohibition. The inclusion of dialogues made it ideal for performance in schools, churches, and reform societies. It greatly captures a subset of American culture in the late 1800s & is a great edition to a collection.

Inscription reads-
"Aug 13/91
A token of old friendship
To Mr. Isaac N. Griffiths and wife
of M. D. Davies
Scranton, Pa"

Although there is limited public information on the names, the presence of the inscription suggests a personal connection between these individuals. Possibly within the Welsh-American community prevalent in Scranton during that period.

Condition Notes:

• Shelf wear to corners and spine ends
• Mild spine lean and staining to endpapers
• Ink gift inscription dated 1891
• Some foxing and light water damage on front endpapers