Solid Seasons

All original material copyright © 2019 by Jeffrey S. Cramer

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First hardcover edition: 2019

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Cramer, Jeffrey S., 1955– author.

Title: Solid seasons : the friendship of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson / Jeffrey S. Cramer.

Description: First hardcover edition. | Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018045435 | ISBN 9781640091313

Subjects: LCSH: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817–1862—Friends and associates. | Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803–1882—Friends and associates. | Authors, American—19th century—Biography. | Friendship—United States—History—19th century.

Classification: LCC PS3053 .C83 2019 | DDC 818/.309 [B]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018045435

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