Nancy Lusignan Schultz is professor of English, Salem State University, Salem, MA.
"Nancy Schultz has written a fascinating narrative highlighting the
historical, religious and social dimensions of miraculous cures of
Ann Mattingly. This is a first-rate original work of sound
scholarship.”—Christopher Kauffman, Catholic University of
America
*Christopher Kauffman*
"Schultz's work to track down information about the key figures,
previous events and subsequent experience is remarkable. She tells
the full story, with 'thick description' of the 'Capital
Miracles'.”—David O'Brien, Holy Cross
*David O'Brien*
“Mrs. Mattingly's Miracle uses terrific archival work and shrewd
analysis to firmly anchor a remarkable episode in American
religious history in a transatlantic context.”— John T. McGreevy,
University of Notre Dame
*John T. McGreevy*
“Nancy Schultz has produced another extraordinary work of
historical recovery, bringing vividly to life a cast of
characters that could easily populate a major motion picture
even as they reveal hitherto neglected aspects
of nineteenth-century social, religious, and intellectual
history. The provocative questions raised by Mrs. Mattingly's
Miracle will linger, satisfyingly, with readers long after
they've reached its unusual conclusion.”—Megan Marshall, author of
The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism,
winner of the Francis Parkman Prize
*Megan Marshall *
“An entertaining and meticulously-researched study of one of the
first accounts of miraculous healing in the young United States.
Schultz illuminates every possible angle of the Mattingly story,
thereby enriching American and Catholic history immeasurably.”—
Paula Kane, University of Pittsburgh
*Paula Kane*
"At a time when academic historians seem to be committed to prose
that is deadly dull, Nancy Lusignan Schultz, a professor of
English, lets the story emerge as a good yarn, not a big yawn. . .
. [she] brings an impressive depth of scholarship to this odd,
forgotten chapter of America’s early social history. . . . The
result is a gripping slice of history with fresh, often unsettling
resonances for the modern reader."—Daniel Stashower, The Washington
Post
*The Washington Post*
“Nancy Lusignan Schultz . . . has resurrected important aspects of
Catholic life in the history of the United States for a new
generation.”—Our Sunday Visitor
*Our Sunday Visitor*
“Nancy Lusignan Schultz . . . succeeds at infusing Washington’s
ragtag days with an aura of supernatural
intrigue.”—Washingtonian
*Washingtonian*
“[Schultz] deftly weaves the story within the context of the social
and religious issues confronting the early 19th-century American
Catholic Church. . . . Mrs. Mattingly's Miracle provides the reader
an invaluable insight into early American Catholicism.”—America
Magazine
*America Magazine*
“A delightful and vibrant telling of a mysterious historical event
that [Schultz] delicately excavates from the sands of time. . . .
Schultz is both a captivating storyteller and a meticulous
historical researcher.”—C. Christopher Smith, Books and Culture
*Books and Culture*
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