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Ishmael (1876)
''Ishmael'' is a novel written by E.D.E.N. Southworth. Ishmael is the hero of the 1863–64 serialization ''Self-Made; or Out of the Depths''. He is of low birth but has worked to establish himself in society as a lawyer. He understands the suffering endured by his mother and seeks to protect women through his knowledge of the law. Southworth is credited as contributing the "self-made man" character to literature with this novel. ''Ishmael'' and its sequel ''Self-Raised'' were both huge success. In 1921, ''Ishmael'' was turned into a motion picture called ''Hearts of Youth.'' See also * The Hidden Hand (novel) * New York Ledger * The National Era ''The National Era'' was an abolitionist newspaper published weekly in Washington, D.C., from 1847 to 1860. Gamaliel Bailey was its editor in its first year. ''The National Era Prospectus'' stated in 1847: Each number contained four pages of s ... References 1876 American novels {{1870s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts Of Youth (1921) - 1
''Hearts of Youth'' is a lost 1921 American silent film based on the novel ''Ishmael'' by E. D. E. N. Southworth. The film was directed by Tom Miranda and Millard Webb, with Webb writing the adaption for the screen. The movie stars Harold Goodwin, Colin Kenny, and Iris Ashton, and was released by the Fox Film Corporation Plot Ishmael Worth renounces his young sweetheart, Beatrice, because he believes himself to be illegitimate and does not want to bring shame to her. Later it is revealed that his mother and father had married. His father's previous wife, thought to be dead, turns up to confront him; but the fact that the first wife was a bigamist makes her marriage to Ishmael's father null and void and the marriage between his mother and father therefore valid. Ishmael, having a legitimate father, now can give Beatrice an honest name. Cast * Iris Ashton as Mrs. Grey * Glen Cavender as Reuben Grey * George Fisher as Herman Brudenell * Grace Goodall as Countess Hurstmoncea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Self-made Man
"Self-made man" is a classic phrase coined on February 2, 1842 by Henry Clay in the United States Senate, to describe individuals whose success lay within the individuals themselves, not with outside conditions. Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, has been described as the greatest exemplar of the self-made man. Inspired by Franklin's autobiography, Frederick Douglass developed the concept of the self-made man in a series of lectures that spanned decades starting in 1879. Originally, the term referred to an individual who arises from a poor or otherwise disadvantaged background to eminence in financial, political or other areas by nurturing qualities, such as perseverance and hard work, as opposed to achieving these goals through inherited fortune, family connections, or other privileges. By the mid-1950s, success in the United States generally implied "business success". In the intellectual and cultural history of the United States, the idea of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts Of Youth
''Hearts of Youth'' is a lost 1921 American silent film based on the novel ''Ishmael'' by E. D. E. N. Southworth. The film was directed by Tom Miranda and Millard Webb, with Webb writing the adaption for the screen. The movie stars Harold Goodwin, Colin Kenny, and Iris Ashton, and was released by the Fox Film Corporation Plot Ishmael Worth renounces his young sweetheart, Beatrice, because he believes himself to be illegitimate and does not want to bring shame to her. Later it is revealed that his mother and father had married. His father's previous wife, thought to be dead, turns up to confront him; but the fact that the first wife was a bigamist makes her marriage to Ishmael's father null and void and the marriage between his mother and father therefore valid. Ishmael, having a legitimate father, now can give Beatrice an honest name. Cast * Iris Ashton as Mrs. Grey * Glen Cavender as Reuben Grey * George Fisher as Herman Brudenell * Grace Goodall as Countess Hurstmonce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hidden Hand (novel)
''The Hidden Hand '' (or ''Capitola the Madcap'') is a serial novel by E. D. E. N. Southworth first published in the ''New York Ledger'' in 1859, and was Southworth's most popular novel. It was serialized twice more, first in 1868–69 and then again 1883 (in slightly revised form), before first appearing in book form in 1888. The novel was also serialized in the London ''Guide to Literature, Science, Art, and General Information'' simultaneous to its first publication in the ''New York Ledger''. The name of the novel was changed to ''The Masked Mother'' for the London edition. ''The Hidden Hand'' features Capitola Black, a tomboyish protagonist who finds herself in a myriad of adventures. Southworth stated that nearly every adventure of her heroine came from real life.(February 21, 1895)Building Novels: Mrs. Southworth Describes Her Realistic Methods ''Lawrence Journal-World, The Daily World (Lawrence, Kansas)'', p. 3, col. 3. In the London version of the novel published by the ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Ledger
''The New York Ledger'' was a weekly story paper published in Manhattan, New York. It was established in 1855 by Robert E. Bonner, by transforming the weekly financial journal called ''The Merchant's Ledger'' that he had purchased in 1851. Bonner turned the paper over to three sons to operate in 1887."Robert Bonner Is Dead" ''''. July 7, 1899. The date of last issue was 1898, when it was changed to ''The Ledger Monthly'', which disappeared by 1903."''The New York Ledger'': History and Context" ''F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The National Era
''The National Era'' was an abolitionist newspaper published weekly in Washington, D.C., from 1847 to 1860. Gamaliel Bailey was its editor in its first year. ''The National Era Prospectus'' stated in 1847: Each number contained four pages of seven (later eight) columns each. ''The National Era'' was noted for its large size and unique type. It featured the works of John Greenleaf Whittier, who served as associate editor, and the first publication, as a serial, of Harriet Beecher Stowe's ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1851). It was also the setting for the first publication of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Great Stone Face.Mellow, James R. ''Nathaniel Hawthorne in His Times''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980: 292. In 1859, after Mr. Bailey's decease, his wife, Margaret Lucy Shands Bailey, served as publisher until the time of its suspension, February, 1860. "The Soft Answer" Two months after the establishment of ''The National Era'', "The Soft Answer" was published on its back pag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
