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Emerson's daughters : Ellen Tucker Emerson, Edith Emerson Forbes, and their family legacy / Kate Culkin.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Culkin, Kate, 1969- Author.
Contributor:
JSTOR (Online Service)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Emerson, Ellen Tucker.
Forbes, Edith Emerson, 1841-1929.
Forbes, Edith Emerson.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Family.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo.
Emerson family.
Sisters--Massachusetts--Concord--Biography.
Sisters.
Concord (Mass.)--Biography.
Concord (Mass.).
Concord (Mass.)--History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xviii, 285 pages) : illustrations
Other Title:
Ellen Tucker Emerson, Edith Emerson Forbes, and their family legacy
Place of Publication:
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2025]
Contents:
"Our beautiful poem Edith, and our excellent prose Ellen" (1839-1851)
"We each have something good and both want all" (1852-1860)
"I wrote for myself as well as for you" (1865-1872)
"What a mercy it is that there are women in the world to arrange for men" (1872-1875)
"The power of our life has been very kind" (1876-1882)
"In reading a biography I always like best the personal parts" (1882-1892)
"Be content to remain a dove and let me remain a cat" (1882-1892)
"Thank you over and over for helping me out" (1898-1903)
"I am so glad we had so much time together" (1904-1909)
"Wherever she went, she planted a garden" (1909-1929).
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 01, 2025).
Other Format:
Print version: Culkin, Kate, 1969- Emerson's daughters
Print version:
ISBN:
1685751598
9781685751586
168575158X
9781685751593
Publisher Number:
40032884526
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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