In this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Megan Marshall recounts the trailblazing life of Margaret Fuller: Thoreau's first editor, Emerson's close friend, daring war correspondent, tragic heroine. After her untimely death in a shipwreck off Fire Island, the sense and passion of her life's work were eclipsed by scandal. Marshall's inspired narrative brings her back to indelible life.
Whether detailing her front-page New-York Tribune editorials against poor conditions in the city's prisons and mental hospitals, or illuminating her late-in-life hunger for passionate experience — including a secret affair with a young officer in the Roman Guard — Marshall's biography gives the most thorough and compassionate view of an extraordinary woman. No biography of Fuller has made her ideas so alive or her life so moving.
Recommended Age | Adults |
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Author | Megan Marshall |
ISBN | 054424561X |
Publication Date | Mar 4, 2014 |
Publisher | Mariner Books |
Language | English |