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 The Significance of Being
Frank: The Life and Times of Franklin Benjamin Sanborn. A biography of the 19th century Concord, Massachusetts schoolteacher who befriended, and later
wrote the biographies of, John Brown, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Henry James
Sr. went so far as to call passionate Sanborn an instigator of the Civil War, dubbing it
"Sanborn's War."
Excerpt:
He was buried in Concord, Massachusetts, in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, near the graves of his friends and mentors Henry
Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson Alcott, and Ellery Channing. Concord's flags were flown at half-mast for three days.
At the end of the month, February, 1917, just prior to America's entering World War I, the Massachusetts House of
Representatives adopted a bill honoring Sanborn for his dedication to the unfortunate, the diseased, and the despised.
The Resolution cited Sanborn's role as a Confidential Adviser to John Brown, for whose sake he was arrested, mistreated, and
nearly deported...
Erratic Impact Awards Review: Not only is this
undeservedly marginalized figure brought to life in this compelling
work, but the
intimate details of Clark's narrative brings Sanborn's
Transcendentalist world to life as well. This remarkable biography produces for the
reader a direct sense of the social nerve and intellectual daring of
19th Century New England. Clark has done an outstanding job in the
art of biography.
This e-text consists of 26 chapters. Easy to navigate, well
researched, a must read for anyone seriously interested in U.S. History
and American Transcendental Philosophy and Literature.
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This chapter on early nineteenth-century
American Transcendentalism from Paul Reuben's research guide has useful information and
bibliographies on the New England Transcendentalists.
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A brief overview of the American Renaissance
with a good list of relevant writings, from the PBS Web site Thomas Hampson: I Hear America Singing.
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An excellent overview of Transcendentalism
written by Leslie Perrin Wilson, the Curator of Special Collections at the Concord Free
Public Library, for the November 1998 issue of an online magazine called The Concord
Magazine. This article provides a complete bibliography of sources. If you have
trouble reading the pages as printed by your Internet browser, read Leslie's tips for
printing the page.
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Website by Miles H. Hodges with extensive
listings, including American philosophy and 19th Century Transcendentalists.
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Biographical information about Bronson Alcott
and his family, from the PBS Web site "Thomas Hampson: I Hear America Singing."
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The William Ellery Channing Center. William
Ellery Channing (1780-1842) was a pivotal figure in the literary and religious life in
nineteenth-century America. This center hopes to re-expose this great man to a new
readership by publishing his best work electronically (some now out of print in paper) and
supplying links to works about Channing.
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A biographical essay on William Ellery Channing
written by Unitarian minister Frank Carpenter in 1994.
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This page lists the writings of Ralph Waldo
Emerson, many of which are available in electronic form.
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Essay by R.H. Albright (Boston, MA; 1996-98)
"Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) made an amazing impact on landscape architecture
during a time when citizens had a strong sense of civic pride."
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Good introductory biography of Thoreau's mentor
and friend, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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A biographical sketch and brief description of
Fuller's writings, part of the PBS Web site, "Thomas Hampson: I Hear America
Singing."
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An informative site from the English Department
of Eastern Kentucky University about Margaret Fuller--feminist, poet, literary critic,
journalist, human rights activist, and co-founder of the Transcendental journal, The
Dial.
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Founded in 1992, the Society is a non-profit
educational organization founded to stimulate interest in the life and writings of Fuller.
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An overview of Fuller's career as journalist and
foreign correspondent, by human rights reporter and foreign correspondent
"watchdog" Frederic A. Moritz.
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Brook Farm was founded in 1841 by George and
Sophia Ripley. George Ripley (1802-1880) was a former Unitarian minister, a leading member
of the Transcendental Club, and he helped found the Transcendentalist publication, The
Dial, in 1840. Part of the Massachusetts Historical Society's Web site, this Web page
on Brook Farm provides an excellent overview of the utopian community which "combined
the theories of individual self-reliance from New England Transcendentalism with more
radical social reforms of the time." Credits: Elizabeth Witherell and Louisa Dennis, University of California, Santa
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