American Bloomsbury

I fully admit I'm not big into 19th century American literature. Of these people, I've read a little Hawthorne and Alcott. I am, however, interested in group bios and these communities of writers/intellectuals that pop up (which is discussed briefly at the beginning of this book) - so much so that I bought this twice at the used bookstore and so gave a copy to my mom.

This was really interesting. I liked the, fairly, chronological approach. I didn't even mind that some things are mentioned multiple times because the focus is on a different person. I wish this had maybe a bit more depth, but overall I really enjoyed this. Maybe now I'll finally get to some of these other authors/writings.