Thayer, Thomas Baldwin. Over the River; or, Pleasant Walks in the Valley of Shadows, and Beyond. Boston: Tompkins & Company, 1865. [10238]
Wine-colored cloth, decorated in blind & gilt, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches, some edge-wear to the boards, all page edges stained red. Front end paper hinge cracked, 272 clean pp.
Good. Hardcover.
A book designed to comfort the mourning, written at the close of the American Civil War. It has three main sections: I. Comfort for the Sick; II. Revelations for the Dying; and III. Consolations for the Bereaved.
Thomas Baldwin Thayer (1812-1886) b. Boston, MA; d. Roxbury, MA. Thayer was an Universalist minister, author, and editor, and was influential, along with Rev. Abel C. Thomas, in spreading that doctrine in New England and beyond.
