The Concord quartet : Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, and the friendship that freed the America...
The Concord quartet : Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, and the friendship that freed the America...
The Concord quartet : Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, and the friendship that freed the American mind / Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr.
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Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2006.
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N810.9003/12
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English
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Physical content
ix, 246 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. A homecoming -- 2. A meeting of minds -- 3. A new voice -- 4. A man who "looks answers" -- 5. "A beacon fire of truth" -- 6. A parting of the ways -- 7. A president's man -- 8. A transcendental martyr -- 9. A time for dying -- 10. A long good-bye.
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Publisher
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2006.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c2006.
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"Ralph Waldo Emerson was not happy to be heading back to Concord, Massachusetts, in the fall of 1834. Although the autumn leaves were brilliant, he could think only of his situation. Having left a job, lost both his wife and brother, and no longer able to rent suitable quarters in Boston, he was returning to the family homestead to figure out what...
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The Concord quartet : Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, and the friendship that freed the American mind / Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-238) and index.
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N810.9003/12
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74VKJpzDMdvA
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ISBN
0471646636 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780471646631 (cloth : acid-free paper)
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810.997444 810.9003 B
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991022069869702626
