Ralph Waldo Emerson (Barnes & Noble Digital Library‪)‬

The author called Emerson “my guide, philosopher, and friend, for more than thirty years,” starting with their first meeting at an Emerson lecture, and continuing through their work at a New England school for girls and their anti-slavery activism. Here is the public and private story of one of America’s greatest intellectuals, from an author who tried to correctly present Emerson’s genius.