Grief and resilience: Lessons from Emerson, Thoreau, and James
by Barbara Spindel
Apr 10, 2023
3 minutes
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and William James are giants of American thought. But in “Three Roads Back: How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives,” Robert D. Richardson approaches them less as significant historical figures than as “fellow human beings, facing losses and troubles much like ours.”
Richardson, who died in 2020, was an acclaimed biographer of all three men. In this slim, profound volume, he
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