This award-winning series systematically presents career biographies of writers from all eras and all genres through volumes dedicated to specific types of literature and time periods.

Plan of the Series

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Introduction

xv

Louis Agassiz (1807-1873)

3

(11)

Laura Dassow Walls

Washington Allston (1779-1843)

14

(7)

Kathleen Healey

John Bartlett (1820-1905)

21

(4)

Stephen N. Orton

Cyrus Augustus Bartol (1813-1900)

25

(8)

William G. Heath

Francis Bowen (1811-1890)

33

(5)

William Rossi

Edward Tyrrel Channing (1780-1856)

38

(5)

Alfred G. Litton

William Ellery Channing (1780-1842)

43

(13)

David M. Robinson

Francis James Child (1825-1896)

56

(7)

Janice L. Edens

James Freeman Clarke (1810-1888)

63

(14)

Alan D. Hodder

Caroline Healey Dall (1822-1912)

77

(6)

Helen R. Deese

Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815-1882)

83

(7)

Michael McLoughlin

Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887)

90

(6)

Suzanne Disheroon Green

John Sullivan Dwight (1813-1893)

96

(8)

Ora Frishberg Saloman

Edward Everett (1794-1865)

104

(11)

James W. Mathews

Cornelius Conway Felton (1807-1862)

115

(7)

C. P. Seabrook Wilkinson

James T. Fields (1817-1881)

122

(10)

Ellery Sedgwick

Charles Follen (1796-1840)

132

(8)

Thomas S. Hansen

Eliza Lee (Cabot) Follen (1787-1860)

140

(6)

Mary Ann Wilson

Convers Francis (1795-1863)

146

(9)

Guy R. Woodall

William Henry Furness (1802-1896)

155

(12)

Esther Lopez

William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)

167

(16)

Len Gougeon

Asa Gray (1810-1888)

183

(5)

E. Kate Stewart

Horatio Greenough (1805-1852)

188

(7)

Sally C. Hoople

Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909)

195

(12)

Peter Valenti

Richard Hildreth (1807-1865)

207

(7)

Christine Brooks Macdonald

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)

214

(13)

Scott Slawinski

Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)

227

(8)

Camille A. Langston

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

235

(18)

Jane Donahue Eberwein

James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)

253

(13)

Thomas Wortham

Horace Mann (1796-1859)

266

(8)

D'Ann Pletcher George

John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877)

274

(7)

Deshae E. Lott

Andrews Norton (1786-1853)

281

(8)

Robert D. Habich

Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908)

289

(11)

M. David Samson

John Gorham Palfrey (1796-1881)

300

(6)

Alfred G. Litton

Theodore Parker (1810-1860)

306

(17)

Dean Grodzins

Francis Parkman (1823-1893)

323

(9)

Sally A. Hawthorne

Wendell Phillips (1811-1884)

332

(7)

Len Gougeon

William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859)

339

(12)

Scott E. Casper

Sampson Reed (1800-1880)

351

(6)

Arthur Wrobel

George Ripley (1802-1880)

357

(9)

Susan M. Stone

Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814-1890)

366

(7)

Daniel Royot

Jared Sparks (1789-1866)

373

(6)

William Baller

William Wetmore Story (1819-1895)

379

(8)

Ronald A. Bosco

Charles Summer (1811-1874)

387

(8)

Jo Ann Manfra

George Ticknor (1791-1871)

395

(8)

Sally C. Hoople

Henry Ware Jr. (1794-1843)

403

(7)

Susan L. Roberson

William Ware (1797-1852)

410

(6)

Noelle A. Baker

Joseph Emerson Worcester (1784-1865)

416

(11)

Mariane Wurst Schaum

Philosophic Thought In Boston

427

(20)

George Ripley

George P. Bradford

Checklist of Further Readings

447

(18)

Contributors

465

(4)

Cumulative Index

469

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