books by Robert D. Richardson Jr. (treasury thoreau emerson)

books by Robert D. Richardson Jr.

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Construction Delay Claims
PSP Charles E. Bolyard Jr., Esq. James D. Fullerton, ...

Lorman Education Services, 2006

For contractors and subcontractors involved in the construction industry, the ultimate goal is to be paid in full for all of the work performed. For owners, architects and engineers it is important to recognize the elements and factual scenarios which give rise to potential exposure for claims. This battle of competing interests often results in disputes which lead to arbitration and litigation. The goal of this book is to provide all who work ...

Emerson: The Mind on Fire

19 reviews
Robert D. Richardson Jr.

University of California Press, 1995

When the genius of biography meets the genius of literature
Mr. Richardson's 'Thoreau A Life of the Mind' was not only the best biography I've read on Thoreau, but one of the most exhilerating and enlightening reading experiences of my life. So I decided to read his 'Emerson The Mind on Fire.' And it was every bit as intimate and intelligent. There are times you feel that you're intruding upon Waldo and Henry on one of their walks. It was an ...

Three Centuries of American Poetry

1 review

Bantam, 1999

Good introduction to poetry
While skimping out on a few of the more famous (or so I believe) poems by these authors, this book is a very good introduction to the american realm of poetry. I was disappointed to not find some of my more favorite poems by people such as R.Frost and J.D.Hatter, but was happy to find many more that I did like by authors previously unbeknownst to me.

Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind

5 reviews
Robert D. Richardson Jr.

University of California Press, 1988

A biography and biographer equal to this man and his life
As a young man my Holy Trinity was: Emerson, Thoreau and Whitman. Emerson's essays are pure poetry; Thoreau's "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience" became a blueprint on how to live and why to write; and Whitman's life and "Leaves Of Grass" taught me about myself. "A Life Of The Mind" filled each page with the authenticity and richness of a life well lived. Thoreau, the humanness, the naturalist, ...

A Treasury of American Poetry

Gramercy, 2003

A comprehensive overview of America's vast poetic heritage, Three Centuries of American Poetry features the work of some 150 of our nation's finest writers. It includes selections from Anne Bradstreet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, e. e. cummings, Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, and Gertrude Stein, as well as significant works of ...