By Ed Van Put. Hardcover 2021 by Beaverkill Books, LLC. “This is the moving biography of a man who selflessly devoted his life to the liberation and betterment of others during a tumultuous time in U.S. History, with his equally determined wife Francis at his side. A member of the famous Beecher family and son of Lyman Beecher, James Beecher sacrificed a life of privilege to serve as missionary, soldier, preacher and humanitarian.”