1921. The biography of Thomas Starr King, a Universalist and a Unitarian minister, lecturer and orator whose role in preserving California within the Union during the Civil War is honored by statues in the United States Capitol and in Golden Gate Park in California. Two mountains are named for him, one in New Hampshire's White Hills; another in the Sierra Nevada of California. Contents Part I, Thomas Starr King: Antecedents and Education; In the Ministry; On the Lecture Platform; Call and Transfer to California; The New Field in San Francisco; Lecturing on the Pacific Coast; and A Eulogist of California Scenery. Contents Part II, Orator and Patriot: Patriotic Activities; Oratorical Campaign for the Union; Dedication of the New Church; Death of the Patriot and Teacher; and In Appreciation. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.