Carrie Nation, a late-19th-century saloon-smasher and self-proclaimed bulldog of Jesus, has often been short-shrifted by historians as either a fanatic or a Freudian conundrum. Fran Grace, a religious studies professor, aims to remedy this situation. Her biography gives Nation religious depth and a place on the roster of 19th- and 20th-century reformers and feminists.
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