The Mauve Decade: American Life at the End of the Nineteenth Century
Beer, Thomas
ISBN 10: 0786705019 ISBN 13: 9780786705016
Published by Carroll & Graf, 1997
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Laced with witty anecdotes and sparkling epigrams, Beer's remarkable cultural history encompasses the wild panoply of the Gilded Age's last decade, from high society to the closing of the West. Bracketed by Emerson's death and Teddy Roosevelt's presidential election, The Mauve Decade sports a historical cast featuring Henry Adams, William James, Ambrose Bierce, Louisa May Alcott and the Dalton gang.
Synopsis: Laced with witty anecdotes and sparkling epigrams, Beer's remarkable cultural history encompasses the wild panoply of the Gilded Age's last decade, from high society to the closing of the West. Bracketed by Emerson's death and Teddy Roosevelt's presidential election, The Mauve Decade sports a historical cast featuring Henry Adams, William James, Ambrose Bierce, Louisa May Alcott and the Dalton gang.
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Title: The Mauve Decade: American Life at the End ...
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good