Awful Gardner
Hezekiah Orville "Awful" Gardner (c. 1825-c. 189?) was a notorious prizefighter, gambler and thug who became one of America's first celebrity Christian converts, as well as a distinguished trainer of pugilists.
Read more about Awful Gardner: Early Life, Fighting Career, Gaining A Notorious Reputation, Reform and Christianity
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“I open with a clock striking, to beget an awful attention in the audience—it also marks the time, which is four o’clock in the morning, and saves a description of the rising sun, and a great deal about gilding the eastern hemisphere.”
—Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)
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