Bronson Alcott Educator, Philosopher (29-Nov-1799 4-Mar-1888) SUBJECT OF BOOKS
Madelon Bedell. The Alcotts: Biography of a Family. New York: Clarkson N. Potter. 1980. Frederick Dahlstrand. Amos Bronson Alcott: An Intellectual Biograhy. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. 1982. Richard L. Herrnstadt (editor). The Letters of A. Bronson Alcott. Iowa State University Press. 1969. 846pp. Hubert H. Hoeltje. Sheltering Tree: A Story of the Friendship of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Amos Bronson Alcott. Duke University Press. 1943. F. B. Sanborn; William T. Harris. A. Bronson Alcott: His Life and Philosophy. Boston, MA: Roberts. 1893. (2 vols.) 354pp. + 679pp. Odell Shepard (editor). The Journals of Bronson Alcott. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co.. 1938. 559pp. Odell Shepard. Pedlar's Progress: Life of Bronson Alcott. Little, Brown. 1937. 546pp. Taylor Stoehr. Nay-Saying in Concord: Emerson, Alcott, and Thoreau. Hamden, CT: Archon Books. 1979.
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