The Life of Daniel Waldo Lincoln, 1784-1815: Letters from a Wayward Son

ISBN-13: 9780367550400 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 264 str.

Rebecca M. Dresser

Opis

Placed within a comprehensive contextual historical narrative, The Life of Daniel Waldo Lincoln, 1784-1815 offers a compelling portrait of one brilliant but compromised man’s perspective of his changing times.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Patriarch Levi Lincoln 1729-1800  2. The Republican Levi Lincoln 1800-1803  3. The Early Education of Daniel Lincoln 1784-1803  4. Triumph Then Tragedy in Worcester 1803-1806  5. Promises and Portland 1806-1807  6. Love and the Embargo 1807-1810  7. Brahmins and Boston 1810-1811  8. Lawyering and Lassitude 1811-1812  9. War Zones 1812-1813  10. Providence Slept 1813-1815  11. Conclusion

O autorze

Rebecca M. Dresser holds a PhD from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She has been a psychotherapist and an adjunct professor of American history at Hunter College. She also teaches American history to incarcerated women in the Bedford Hills College Program through Marymount Manhattan College.