The Lives of Margaret Fuller(1st Edition) A Biography by JohnMatteson Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 2013 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-34359-5, ISBN: 0-393-34359-6
""Psychologically rich. . . . Matteson's book restores the heroism of [Fuller's] life and work."--The New YorkerWinner of the 2012 Ann M. Sperber Prize for best biography of a journalist.A brilliant writer and a fiery social critic, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was perhaps the most famous American woman of her generation. Outspoken and quick-witted, idealistic and adventurous, she became the leading female figure in the transcendentalist ..."
Eden's Outcasts(Reprint) The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by JohnMatteson Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 2008 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-33359-6, ISBN: 0-393-33359-0
"Louisa May Alcott's name is known universally. Yet, during her youth, the famous Alcott was her father, Bronson - an eminent teacher, lecturer and admired friend of Emerson and Thoreau. Wilful and exuberant, Louisa flew in the face of all her father's intricate theories of child rearing. She, in turn, could not understand the frugal life Bronson preached, one that reached its epitome in the failed utopian community of Fruitlands. In a f ..."
"The Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer of Louisa May Alcott illuminates the world of Little Women and its author.Since its publication in 1868–69, Little Women, perhaps America’s most beloved children’s classic, has been handed down from mother to daughter for generations. It has been translated into more than fifty languages and inspired six films, four television shows, a Broadway musical, an opera, and a web series. This lavish, four- ..."
Hope Leslie or Early Times in Massachusetts by Catharine Maria Sedgwick, JohnMatteson Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2011 by Dover Publications Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-486-47687-2, ISBN: 0-486-47687-1
"A spirited freethinker amid an oppressive Puritan community, Hope Leslie champions independence for women and justice for Native Americans. Her best friend Magawisca, the daughter of a Pequot chief, defies tribal authority to rescue a white man from death and restore a kidnapped girl to her family. This frontier novel paints an intriguing portrait of life in seventeenth-century New England as it explores the tumultuous relations between ..."
Tickling the Ivories by JohnMatteson Paperback, 92 Pages, Published 2016 by Authorhouse ISBN-13: 978-1-5049-6563-7, ISBN: 1-5049-6563-9
"After 25 years as a piano teacher of 100 students, mostly children, I find that i continue to be impressed by their musical talent and amused by their unexpected comments. If you like kids as much as i do, you will appreciate some of their unintentional and frequently uninhibited humor. Quoting my late grandmother Velma Peterson, as she quoted a favorite early T.V. host "Kids Say the Darnest Things"."
The Lives of Margaret Fuller(1st Edition) A Biography by JohnMatteson Hardcover, 528 Pages, Published 2012 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-06805-4, ISBN: 0-393-06805-6
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer John Matteson, an account of the "Susan Sontag" of nineteenth-century America. A brilliant writer and a fiery social critic, Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) was perhaps the most famous American woman of her generation. Outspoken and quick-witted, idealistic and adventurous, she became the leading female figure in the transcendentalist movement, wrote a celebrated column of literary and social comme ..."
Eden's Outcasts(1st Edition) The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by JohnMatteson Hardcover, 512 Pages, Published 2007 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-05964-9, ISBN: 0-393-05964-2
"The beloved author of Little Women was torn between pleasing her idealistic father and planting her feet in the material world. Louisa May Alcott's name is known universally. Yet, during her youth, the famous Alcott was her father, Bronson―an eminent teacher, lecturer, and admired friend of Emerson and Thoreau. Willful and exuberant, Louisa flew in the face of all her father's intricate theories of child rearing. She, in turn, could not ..."
"This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical ch ..."
"Based on a terrifying real-life incident, this tale of seduction, insanity, and murder is one of America's earliest novels. It unfolds in rural Pennsylvania of the 1760s, where a religious fanatic massacres several members of his family. Part thriller and part psychological drama, it explores the corruption of law and order within a small community. The American Gothic style of author Charles Brockden Brown combines intellectual and sup ..."
A Worse Place Than Hell How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation (Hardback) by JohnMatteson Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2021 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-24707-7, ISBN: 0-393-24707-4
"In A Worse Place Than Hell, John Matteson creates a gripping tale of the Civil War and profound cultural transformation. He etches an exquisite portrait, revealing through these lives how America was redefined by its most tragic conflict."
A Worse Place Than Hell How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation by JohnMatteson 528 Pages, Published 2021 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-24708-4, ISBN: 0-393-24708-2
"Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2011. ... Redburn: His First Voyage;
White-Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War; and Moby-Dick, or, The Whale. New
York: Library of America, 1983. Menand, Louis. The Metaphysical Club: A Story of
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Tickling the Ivories Piano Lesson Anecdotes by JohnMatteson 92 Pages, Published 2016 by Authorhouse ISBN-13: 978-1-5049-6558-3, ISBN: 1-5049-6558-2
"After 25 years as a piano teacher of 100 students, mostly children, I find that i continue to be impressed by their musical talent and amused by their unexpected comments."
"These essays mark the maturation of scholarship on Margaret Fuller (1810-1850), one of the most important public intellectuals of the nineteenth century and a writer whose works have been much revived in recent decades. The authors--leading scholars of Fuller, Transcendentalism, and the antebellum period--consider anew Fuller the critic, the journalist, the reformer, the traveler, and the social and cultural observer, and make fresh con ..."
Eden's Outcasts The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by JohnMatteson 512 Pages, Published 2010 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-07757-5, ISBN: 0-393-07757-8
"Providentially, a wealthy young lord is standing by to offer his own hand and
fortune to her, but we are meant to understand that Edith did not expect his
proposal when she gave up her fortune. Observed in the light of the author's
circumstances, The Inheritance is a fascinating piece of self-revelation. On the
one hand, the story fiercely defends the virtue of loyalty and asserts a stout
preference for family over fortune, very mu ..."
Eden's Outcasts The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by JohnMatteson Published 2007 ISBN-13: 978-0-7930-5964-5, ISBN: 0-7930-5964-X
"At Plumfield, an experimental school for boys, the little scholars can do very much as they please, even slide down banisters. For this is what writer Jo Bhaer, once Jo March of "Little Women," always wanted: a house swarming with boys in all stages of effervescence. At the end of "Little Women," Jo inherited the Plumfield estate from her diamond-in-the-rough Aunt March. Now she and her husband, Professor Bhaer, provide their irrepressi ..."