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Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott

by Odell Shepard

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“An ably-written, authoritative book, Pedlar's Progress will fit snugly on the same shelf with Van Wyck Brooks's The Flowering of New England.”– Time

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Pulitzer Prize (Winner – Biography or Autobiography – 1938)

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Genres: Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
DDC/MDS: 921.1 — History & geography Biographies, Genealogy, Healdry Memoirs & Autobiographies American
LCC: B908 .A54 .S5 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Philosophy (General) By period Modern By region or country
BISAC: REL RELIGION General
BIO BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY General

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Languages: English
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ISBNs: 4
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Published: 1937
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
DDC/MDS: 921.1
LCC: B908 .A54 .S5

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