Hear some of the greatest American essays ever written! This unabridged collection covers a multitude of subjects, including philosophy, politics, turkeys, and dogs.
It includes Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance; Henry David Thoreau's Walking and Civil Disobedience; Mark Twain's Hunting the Deceitful Turkey; Benjamin's Franklin's Reply to a Begging Letter; and Thomas Paine's The American Crisis.
You'll also hear The Union and Its New Constitution by Alexander Hamilton; The Art of Publicity by P. T. Barnum; John Burroughs's A Life of Fear; Bradford Torry's A Short Month; Eugene Field's Other People's Dogs; and James Russell Lowell's Abraham Lincoln.
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"Almost certainly my desert island book. I first read Emerson in college and have returned to him more or less annually ever since. Returning again to him this past summer was an invigorating experience. Those new to Emerson should start with "The American Scholar." " — David (5 out of 5 stars)
"Almost certainly my desert island book. I first read Emerson in college and have returned to him more or less annually ever since. Returning again to him this past summer was an invigorating experience. Those new to Emerson should start with "The American Scholar." "
" Not a HUGE transcendentalist fan, but he didn't get so famous for nothing. "
" I don't agree with all his philosophies, but for the most part this is great writing. Almost every sentence a gem. "
" great works are timeless. sometimes the right book finds you at the right time and makes everything ok. "
" Rereading this beast to prepare for reading Emerson's biography. Sooo excited in the dorkiest way possible. "
" I love books like this. This runs along the same lines as Walden, and that is my all time favorite. "
" It was alright but by the time I got to page three hundred I got sick of him. "
" This is a great book that I read whenever I need a little mental break... it's a great "pick me up" book. I love reading classic literature. "
" Whenever I'm feeling like i need a little mental boost, i pick this book up and read. It challenges and inspires me in life. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was a renowned lecturer and writer whose ideas on philosophy, religion, and literature influenced many writers, including Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman. After an undergraduate career at Harvard, he studied at Harvard Divinity School and became an ordained minister. He led the transcendentalist movement in America in the mid-nineteenth century. He is perhaps most well known for his publications Essays and Nature.
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