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Emerson among the eccentrics : a group portrait / Carlos Baker ; introduction and epilogue by James R. Mellow.
LIBRA - Special PS1633 .B34 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Carlos, 1909-1987.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Friends and associates.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
- Eccentrics and eccentricities--United States--Biography.
- Eccentrics and eccentricities.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Contemporaries.
- Contemporaries.
- Friends and associates.
- United States--Intellectual life--19th century.
- United States.
- Intellectual life.
- Authors, American--19th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Friendship.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xv, 608 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Books, 1997.
- Summary:
- Ralph Waldo Emerson's circle included many of the most brilliant and original minds of his day. Together this eccentric group helped establish Concord, Massachusetts, as a mecca for progressive thinking. In this vivid and textured mosaic of the group's interactions--as well as their daily lives--Emerson is brought vividly to life, presenting an intimate portrait of the Sage of Concord. photos.
- Notes:
- Reprint. Previously published: New York : Viking Penguin, 1996.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0140260293
- 9780140260298
- OCLC:
- 38065120
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