life mary baker history christian science life mary baker history christian science published november new_york book highly critical account life founder early history church 19th century new_england material appeared magazine installments january june preceded editorial december announcing series articles major examination life work published years old key primary source independent accounts church early history magazine publisher editor chief assigned writers work articles won pulitzer prize fiction novels researcher managing editor known political columnist briefly original book articles later emerged joined editor principal author church purchased manuscript shortly book publication soon print republished copyright expired time naming authors synopsis material published assistant editor briefly managing editor appeared installments january june story life history christian science text articles revised updated book presented chapters articles preceded unsigned seven page editorial december explaining series published discussing difficulties investigation author editorial wrote christian science mind independent investigation slightly unfavorable christian science deliberate publication got unfortunate start photograph page editorial purported fact criticism considerable portrayed regularly revised life story interested making money authors reproduce witness statements childhood having repeated spells way gaining attention avoiding punishment particularly father developed habit appearing seriously ill recover quickly widowed years old pregnant returned live father home son raised years life looked time domestic staff health issues articles allowed adopted staff failed maintain relationship lived near written unable prevent adoption implied marriages lifelong poor health numerous legal actions involved including lawsuits students criminal case husband accused conspiracy murder allegation proven examined detail authors major work main religious text borrowed heavily work new_england faith treated years death given unpublished notes replied early installments challenging description father early family life issues surrounding marriages said bible book house growing contrary wrote father great reader statement described educational professional achievements family counter claim childhood home provided lonely existence offered example kindness response view bad tempered family resigned allowed blind girl knocked door unknown family stay authorship editorial team born ontario canada joining researcher worked syracuse herald new_york collecting material years lacked resources research write sold publisher assigned writers story including political columnist short time started working editor years old sullivan spent time traveling new_england seeking confirmation material early life journalist wrote startling material relating leading religious leader romantic personality time brought interested biography interested novelty saw natural personal origins marital history psychological factual background ideas message publicized material attract world readers faithful carefully verified members staff chosen job job little dig level cared inspired confidence mind judge nose detective needed quickly fascinated psychological implications material long stays boston edit book ensued largely written office composite personal work assistant editor time publication signed copy book february writing material brought miss hands proper presentation great work copy book listed sale new_york contained editor note identifying author professor emeritus english writes church holds original manuscript book evident notes edits later characters reportedly modeled portrait including cutter letters denied main author letters richmond told helped organize rewrite material according role wanted distance journalism church angered articles writes regarded book poorly written adds contains excellent writing character analysis structured attributes poor editing failed rid book serialized nature original pieces identified author letter father december told articles beginning february time written published referred authorship letter june acknowledged authorship fully november letter director old friend told written entire book chapter purchased research wrote including newspaper articles 1880s court records edition hard obtain apparently sold new publisher threw away research including edition told anderson written installment largely based rumor asked complete series regarded rest installments wrote expense spared material promoted managing editor basis work articles ended letter asking anderson regard information confidential wrote told truth previously writes felt ought know true story letter anderson quoted left clause forbidding publication letters private papers correspondence enter public domain years death reception church response peter wrote success story articles appeared officials arrived offices asked allow edit rest articles publication refused said soon notice loss advertising church purchased original manuscript book rumors plates destroyed june church purchased research notes new_york manuscript dealer stories buying destroying copies book removing libraries circulation wrote copies scarce libraries book copyright expired years publication christian publishing house republished interest according cover writes church tried stop book university interested new introduction articles book extended work important development writer according head church media office called told reprint damage church reputation press said church representative felt responsibility try bully stopping publication saying book worthless clear view book preface principal author life mary baker history christian science according fears jobs church researchers helped manuscript available examination agreed add statement book issue life mary baker history christian science went press new materials come light suggest enemies played significant role organizing materials biography new information suggests welcomed biased opinion sensational commercial value exact nature compiling writing biography remains accordingly matter scholarly investigation enemies refers relate called friends lawsuit prepared lawsuit brought relatives said unable manage affairs succeeded lost control church fortune according suit organized owner motive engineer story rival wrote holds documents journalists touch sides feeding information according official church following statement annual meeting major opportunity year involved earliest biographies life mary baker history christian science dating yellow journalism period book published attempt discredit current publisher correspondence office instead issued statement accurately bias book received attention public proving truth isn spoken said general reception influence articles book key primary sources biographies published independently church gill wrote publication written christian scientist material regarded single source especially half life influenced biography mind truth tradition healing revelations mary baker god perfect child new_york_times wrote book ranks great biographies subject importance life appeared important statement fact seriously questioned product highly intelligent labor open argument reason cult survived publication single month conclusive read considered informed history nature gill disagreed book offers accurate portrayal argued example story having fits child way way described invented cloth journalist accounts fall lose consciousness child supported worked church wrote sympathetic volume biography journalist minister closely related belief system wrote fine maybe finest american woman novelist reporter argued stirred grim fancy vicious inaccurate attacks introduction edition wrote portrayal contains finest portrait sketches reflections human nature write publication details editorial announcement december introducing series story life history christian science january june installments life mary baker history christian science life mary baker history christian science baker book house introduction life mary baker history christian science introduction isbn
The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science