Three Roads Back: How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives - Robert D. Richardson

Robert D. Richardson (1934-2020) was the author of the acclaimed biographies William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism , Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind , and Emerson: The Mind on Fire. He was a recipient of the Bancroft and Francis Parkman prizes and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Megan Marshall is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life .