{"product_id":"the-peabody-sisters-three-women-who-ignited-american-romanticism-9780618711697","title":"The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePULITZER PRIZE FINALIST: \"A stunning work of biography\" about three little-known New England women who made intellectual history (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e). This book is highly recommended for students and reading groups interested in American history, American literature, and women's studies\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth, Mary, and Sophia Peabody were in many ways our American Brontës. The story of these remarkable sisters--and their central role in shaping the thinking of their day--has never before been fully told. Twenty years in the making, Megan Marshall's monumental biograpy brings the era of creative ferment known as American Romanticism to new life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth, the oldest sister, was a mind-on-fire thinker. A powerful influence on the great writers of the era--Emerson, Hawthorne, and Thoreau among them--she also published some of their earliest works. It was Elizabeth who prodded these newly minted Transcendentalists away from Emerson's individualism and toward a greater connection to others. Mary was a determined and passionate reformer who finally found her soul mate in the great educator Horace Mann. The frail Sophia was a painter who won the admiration of the preeminent society artists of the day. She married Nathaniel Hawthorne--but not before Hawthorne threw the delicate dynamics among the sisters into disarray. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarshall focuses on the moment when the Peabody sisters made their indelible mark on history. Her unprecedented research into these lives uncovered thousands of letters never read before as well as other previously unmined original sources. \u003cem\u003eThe Peabody Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e casts new light on a legendary American era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Megan Marshall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.06w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780618711697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lukas Prize Project - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/02\/2006 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2013 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarshall, Megan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMegan Marshall\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eMargaret Fuller: A New American Life\u003c\/em\u003e as well as \u003cem\u003eElizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism\u003c\/em\u003e, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. She is the Charles Wesley Emerson College Professor of Nonfiction Writing at Emerson College and a recipient of the BIO Award, the highest honor given by the Biographers International Organization.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Megan Marshall \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47566706737309,"sku":"9780618711697","price":41.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_3cdbbcd7-2569-4f93-8cf8-804c8f70fc02.jpg?v=1768315363","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-peabody-sisters-three-women-who-ignited-american-romanticism-9780618711697","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}