Representative Men - Seven Lectures by Emerson

By Ralph Waldo Emerson and Edward Waldo Emerson

Book Overview

Representative Men is a collection of seven lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published as a book of essays in 1850. Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882) was an American essayist,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604500972
• ISBN13: 9781604500974
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: ARC Manor
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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These days, celebrity authors earn thousands of dollars for a speech, but back in the 1880s, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the first American author known to receive payment for delivering a talk, was paid $5 and oats for his horse.