Author: | Thomas Sargeant Perry | ISBN: | 9781411454897 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | May 31, 2011 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
Author: | Thomas Sargeant Perry |
ISBN: | 9781411454897 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
Publication: | May 31, 2011 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
Language: | English |
This 1905 publication is an informative biography of American philosopher and historian John Fiske. Perry, who was a contemporary of Fiske’s at Harvard, gives an insider’s view of life at the institution during the Civil War. Perry opens his narrative, “The life of a man of letters is like a voyage: that is the most successful in which the least happens.” The author asserts that the life of John Fiske has its own place within history, and is a story from which lessons can be learned.
This 1905 publication is an informative biography of American philosopher and historian John Fiske. Perry, who was a contemporary of Fiske’s at Harvard, gives an insider’s view of life at the institution during the Civil War. Perry opens his narrative, “The life of a man of letters is like a voyage: that is the most successful in which the least happens.” The author asserts that the life of John Fiske has its own place within history, and is a story from which lessons can be learned.