ezzie2666's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting review of radicalism seen through the lens of theology, but pretty marred by Seldes' boosterism.
reader_drinker's review against another edition
2.0
While I found the subject matter of radicals, revivalists, cults, minor movements, and fads of 19th century USA to be interesting, unfortunately the author of this book's fascination for minute details combined with his at times meandering and rambling writing style made for a difficult read. The book is also overly long, I think it would've been served well to be edited significantly and cut in length by almost half.
Despite the book's interesting subject matter I can't recommend this to anyone but the avid history buff.
Despite the book's interesting subject matter I can't recommend this to anyone but the avid history buff.
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