494 Three Roads Back - How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives (with Megan Marshall)
The History of Literature
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What Is the Story Behind the Death of William James?
I was looking for instruction away initially one of the fascinating things that Bob does is he sort of tracks the recovery from loss for each of these men and how long it took them. When I was asked to write the forward which I was quite honored to do that I read it again and saw how much of, you know, it was a kind of distillation of his work as a biographer through his life. That's what I think was a revelation to me when I came to it again. These are young people being transformed by early loss and I think that makes it a book that's wonderful for young people as well.
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