New Book - Harriet and Isabella

In accordance with its mission, Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation is committed to sharing the lives and accomplishments of its residents. Thus, we are excited to share with you a new book about Isabella Beecher Hooker, a Cedar Hill Cemetery resident.

According to Hartford Courant writer Carole Goldberg, author Patricia O'Brien bases her newest book, Harriet and Isabella (Touchstone, $25), on the prominent Beecher family, whose members included the Presbyterian preacher Lyman Beecher, his daughter Harriet Beecher Stowe - the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, her sisters Isabella Beecher Hooker and Catharine Esther Beecher, and their brother Henry Ward Beecher - the charismatic clergyman who became embroiled in an adultery scandal that rocked the nation in the 1800s. What became known as the "trial of the century" of Henry Ward Beecher caused a permanent divide in the normally close-knit family and set Harriet, who supported her brother, against Isabella, who did not.

To learn more about Harriet and Isabella and to find merchant locations, visit http://www.harrietandisabella.com/. You can also learn more about Isabella Beecher Hooker and visit her memorial site by visiting Hartford's historic Cedar Hill Cemetery.