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Heights History: Applegate on Beecher

By on July 1, 2008 11:35 am in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, History

C-Span 2 recently aired an encore of author Debby Applegate’s discussion of her book about the biggest scandal in Brooklyn Heights history, The Most Famous Man in America.

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Beecher Book Author Talks Pulitzer

By on April 7, 2008 10:40 am in Brooklyn Heights

New Haven resident Debby Applegate’s The Most Famous Man in America won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. She talks to LoHud.com about her journey from idea to book to prize. Today, the 2008 winners will be announced. The story of Plymouth Church of the Pilgrim’s Henry Ward Beecher is a must read for any […]

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