The Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Rusk, Ralph L.

Published by New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949, 1949

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ix, 592 pp. illustrated ; blue cloth with black and gold spine decorations ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, label, date due, stamps ; Contents: PRologue: William and Ruth Emerson -- Boston 1803 -- Looking out from his corner -- A boy's troubled world -- Concord ghosts and others -- Banishing dullness from his mind -- Under the tree of knowledge -- The unwilling schoolmaster -- The prized gown and band -- Ellen -- Theses nailed to the church door -- A fool's paradise -- A thinker let loose -- Lidian -- Pan and other gods -- This age, this country, oneself -- The dial and the essays -- Leaping and piercing melodies -- Not a world to hide virtues in -- Down from his ivory tower -- Things in the saddle -- The fierce storm of war -- The firmament shrinks to a tent -- Voyage to the island of Philiae -- Terminus. ; a few marks, else G. Seller Inventory # 005797

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Publisher: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949

Publication Date: 1949

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

Book Type: Book