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The 1850s were heady times in Concord, Massachusetts: in a town where a woman's petticoat drying on an outdoor line was enough to elicit scandal, some of the greatest minds of our nation's history were gathering in three of its wooden houses to establish a major American literary movement. The... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Henry David Thoreau: The quirky introvert who inspired people to take in the solitude of nature.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne: The dark author. Secret family history. Secret friend. Moody. Brilliant writer.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson: The moral center of his time.
- Bronson Alcott: Wildman. Idealist.
- Louisa: Determined writer. Searching soul.
- Sophia Hawthorne: Add a description of this character.
- John Brown
- Margaret Fuller
- Ellen Sewall
- Anna
- Walden
- Franklin Pierce
- Elizabeth
- Franklin Sanborn
- Buchanan
- Mary
- Henry James
- Hoar
- Julian
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Lucy Brown
- Ossoli
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Ellen Tucker
- Tyler
- Horace Greeley
- Ellery Channing
- William Emerson
- Sophia Peabody
- Lydia Jackson
- Thomas Niles
Setting & Locations edit
- Concord River
- Boston
- Salem
- New England
- Massachusetts
- Rome
- New York
- Kansas
- Washington
- Italy
- United States
- London
- Lexington Road
- Europe
- Florence
- Virginia
- Scituate
- Maine
- Paris
- Old North Bridge
- Goethe
- Harvard
- Canada
- Orchard House
- Herbert Street
- Brook Farm
- America
- Fairhaven
- Cambridge Turnpike
- Sudbury River
- France
Authors & Contributors edit
- Susan Cheever (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0743264614
Page Count: 240
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0743264614
Page Count: 240
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 810.997444
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › History & Criticism › 19th Century
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Classics
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Authors
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › History
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