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Article: Isaac Hecker: An American Catholic.
- Article from:
- Theological Studies
- Article date:
- June 1, 1993
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This is the first full-length biography of Hecker (1819-1888) since Walter Elliott's admiring and ill-fated The Life of Father Hecker (1891). Vincent Holden's two biographical Hecker books, The Early Years of Isaac Thomas Hecker (1939) and The Yankee Paul (1958), while works of sound scholarship, fail to treat the last thirty years of Hecker's life and are limited by their defensive tone. Steering between hagiography and apologia, O'Brien brings to life a deeply contextualized Hecker who is both religiously compelling and humanly plausible.
In successive parts, O. traces Hecker's life up to his conversion in 1844 and his decision a year later to enter the ...
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Article: Hecker sues over axed credit; Parts of his auto empire ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
November 14, 2008 ;
700+ words
... ... Byline: DEE DePASS; STAFF WRITER Denny Hecker, Minnesota's ubiquitous auto dealer ... save -- his faltering business empire. Hecker, the hypercharged salesman with his mug ... Financial Services, after the company yanked Hecker's credit lines, damaging his rental ...
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