Longer Than Expected [Hardcover]

George Kelsey Dreher (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 222 pages
• Publisher: Longshanks Books (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0960100059
• ISBN-13: 978-0960100057
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,230,627 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Born of a modest farmer, Samuel led the Confederation., October 28, 1998

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I am the son of the author. My father, George Kelsey Dreher (1919-1994), began researching Samuel Huntington in the 1960's when he moved to a town in Connecticut rather near Huntingotn's birthplace. Discovering there had been almost nothing written about our de facto first President of the United States he began deciphering Huntington's handwritten letters. Dad had graduated from Dartmouth, a major in English Honors, in 1941. Then he earned degrees from Oberlin Graduate School of Theology and Yale Divinity School and became an historian of church history for Huntington's era. From 1961-1964 he lectured in religion and philosophy at Wichita University and published several pieces in church periodicals. In 1974 he published his retroform of the 16th century play KING EDWARD I, by George Peele, and provided an introduction for the 13th century rebellion of Lluellen, Prince of Wales, who fought the Crown for Welsh sovereignty. While minister of Mystic Congregational Church in Connecticut, he was given a partial sabbatical in 1980 when Yale Divinity School awarded him a fellowship for continuing research on "The Presidency of Samuel Huntington in the Light of New England Religion." He was able to exhaust any known references to Samuel Huntington's tenure as President of Congress and his family's religious background. He completed the manuscript after retirement in 1984 and it was published posthumously in 1996. Dad's writing has been called "fascinating", "comprehensive", "poetic", "forceful", and "brilliant". Others have said, "We may well thank Dreher." And, "This book is a valuable addition to our understanding the birth pains of our nation." It is sold at the Governor Samuel Huntington Museum in Scotland, Connecticut, and at Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia.