Friends and Foes - New Priestley Society Publication
[10th Feb 2009]News » Friends and Foes - New Priestley Society Publication
The Priestley Society is proud to announce that a new publication will be available in June 2009. It is entitled 'Joseph Priestley: Friends and Foes' and is written by Keith Baker, a Society member.
“Yours is one of the few lives precious to mankind”, said President Jefferson to his friend Joseph Priestley. Yet others took a more jaundiced view of Priestley. The radical conservative William Cobbett condemned him as a “hoary old traitor”, and in print and the press he was satirised as Gunpowder Joe - a dangerous enemy of Church and State. The truth of the matter is that in the twists and turns of Priestley’s momentous life, he made as many powerful enemies as he did intimate friends. This book will tell the story of a remarkable group of people, both friends and foes, whose lives became entwined with Priestley’s during the Revolutionary era of the late eighteenth century. Drawing widely on a number of sources, the book will include portraits of Benjamin Franklin, John Wilkinson, Anna Barbauld, Antoine Lavoisier, William Pitt, the Presidents Adams and Jefferson, and several other remarkable characters.
The book will include a Foreword by Professor J.D. Bowers of Northern Illinois University and will be illustrated in colour.
The book will be published in June 2009 and in this pre-publication period subscribers are invited to order it from the Society. The names of all subscribers and their affiliations will be listed in the Acknowledgement pages of the book.
The cost of the book will be £12.50, paperback, plus £2.00 p.p. Cheques should be made out to The Joseph Priestley Society
Please do not hesitate to contact either of the addresses below with any queries.
The book can be pre-ordered from:
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Stuart Martin, Secretary Joseph Priestley Society
37 Brown Hill Drive
Birkenshaw
Bradford BD11 2AZ
e-mail: john@martin1364.fsbusiness.co.uk -
Keith Baker
75 Hillcote Close
Sheffield S10 3PT
e-mail: keith.baker3@virgin.net
Comments
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| BobRice 6th Mar 2009 18:27:46 | This new publication by Keith Baker sounds very interesting and engaging. I wish such a book, detailing Priestley's relations with his many powerful enemies and friends, had existed way back when I was writing my Ph.D. dissertation on Priestley's materialist theory of cognition, a theory which certainly found plenty of opponents. Keith Baker's book would, I'm sure, have helped me in my research. I will be ordering a copy directly. Robert Adams Rice Westford, Vermont USA March 6, 2009 |
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