Emerson's Daughters: Ellen Tucker Emerson, Edith Emerson Forbes, and Their Family Legacy

by Kate Culkin

Ellen Tucker Emerson and Edith Emerson Forbes, the daughters of Lidian Jackson and Ralph Waldo Emerson, grew up in the heart of Concord, Massachusetts's famed literary community. In a culture that celebrated self-reliance, Ellen and Edith formed a partnership that only strengthened as their paths diverged, with Ellen remaining in the family home and Edith marrying William Forbes, moving to Milton, Massachusetts, and having eight children. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625348762
• ISBN13: 9781625348760
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.