Moncure D Conway: 3 books

This 1890 biography contains a chronological telling of the ancestors, birth, education, works, and personal life of the great American writer.  Conway begins, “Hawthorne, through his peculiar sensibility shrank from men, loved mankind, and described his earliest writings as ‘attempts to open an intercourse with the world.’”

This 1882 volume is both a biography and a deeply personal account of the author's relationship with Emerson and Emerson's philosophical ideas.  Following the death of his son Emerson (named after the philosopher), Conway struggles with the teachings of the man who had meant so much to him.

This thoroughly edited collection gives a complete insight into the life and legacy of the first American President, George Washington. The work of George Washington presented in this book covers both his military carrier (Journals and Orders from the Revolutionary war) and his presidency (Inaugural...