Cheerful Yesterdays is a memoir written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, an American Unitarian minister, abolitionist, and writer. The book was first published in 1898 and provides a detailed account of Higginson's life, from his childhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts to his experiences as a soldier in the Civil War and his later career as a writer and social reformer.Throughout the book, Higginson reflects on the important events and people that shaped...