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At his death, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was universally acknowledged in America and England as the Great Romancer. Providing an introduction, this work assess the postmortem building of Hawthorne's reputation as well as his relationship to the prominent Transcendentalists, spiritualists, Swedenborgians, and other personalities of his time.

Writer, editor, journalist, educator, feminist, conversationalist, and reformer Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was one of the leading intellectuals of nineteenth-century America as well as a prominent member of Concord literary circles. This collection of reminiscences provides an identity for this misrepresented personality.

One of the first celebrity authors, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) became famous almost overnight when ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"" appeared in 1852. This volume brings together a range of primary materials about Stowe's private and public life written by family members, friends, and fellow writers who knew or were influenced by her.

Among nineteenth-century women's rights reformers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) stands out for the maternal and secular advocacy that shaped her activism and public reception. In this richly contextualized collection of primary sources, Noelle A. Baker brings together accounts of Stanton's life and ideas from both well-known and recently recovered figures.

Based on Jeanne Reesman's nearly thirty-five years of archival research, this book offers surprising perspectives on Jack London's many sides by family, friends, fellow struggling young writers, business associates, high school and college classmates, interviewers, editors, coauthors, visitors to his Sonoma Valley Beauty Ranch, and more.