In:
The Americas, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 16, No. 1 ( 1959-07), p. 63-75
Abstract:
Edward Bliss Emerson, a younger brother of Ralph Waldo Emerson, was born in 1805. Educated at Andover Academy and Harvard, he showed great promise as a scholar. Ill health plagued the young man, however, and he was forced to give up his work as a teacher. A trip to southern Europe failed to cure his tuberculosis. Next he tried to study law in Boston, but this brought on the total ruin of his health and a short spell of mental derangement. By 1831 it was apparent that a prolongation of Emerson's life required a warmer climate than that of his beloved New England. He went first to the Danish island of St. Croix. A few months later he was in Puerto Rico, and there he remained—with the exception of one brief trip home—until his death in 1834.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0003-1615
,
1533-6247
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1959
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2041133-9
SSG:
7,26
