American Portraits 1875-1900 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Gamaliel Bradford

Overview

Mark Twain, Henry Adams, Henry James, Grover Cleveland, and James McNeill Whistler are among the contemporary figures striding through this winning collection of profiles, originally published in 1920-1922. “To judge what they accomplished,” writes Bradford, “it would be necessary to be expert in their different pursuits. But I am concerned with their souls...”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411440739
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	02/22/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	836 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Gamaliel Bradford (1863-1932) was a descendant of an old Boston family. He tried his hand at verse and drama before finding his voice as a biographer. Consistently in poor health, he produced 114 books over a period 20 years. Hailed in his time as “the Dean of American biographers,” he pioneered the psychological biography in America.