The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830s Nemerov Alexander
A vivid historical imagining of the lives of individuals--from painters, poets, and politicians to enslaved people, artisans, and travelers--in the early United StatesSet amid the glimmering lakes and…
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A vivid historical imagining of the lives of individuals--from painters, poets, and politicians to enslaved people, artisans, and travelers--in the early United StatesSet amid the glimmering lakes and disappearing forests of the early United States, The Forest imagines how a wide variety of Americans experienced their lives. Part truth, part fiction, featuring both real and invented characters, the book follows painters, poets, enslaved people, farmers, and artisans living and working throughout the country's contemporary expanse. Some of the historical characters--such as Thomas Cole, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Fanny Kemble, Edgar Allan Poe, and Nat Turner--are well-known, while others are not. But all are creators of private and grand designs--makers of the worlds they inhabited.The Forest unfolds in brief stories. Each episode reveals an
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