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The Shaking Tent: Emerson's First Sermons from the First Industrial Town in America
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Audience Age
13+
Description
Historian Laurence Green discusses "The Shaking Tent" and Ralph Waldo Emerson, exploring the roots of "Nature" and "Self-Reliance" as reactions to the first industrial mills in North America, built just a quarter mile from where he delivered his first sermons on October 15, 1826.
Fee
$100.
$100.
Program Length
1 Hours
Last Modified
06/03/2010
Recent Library/School Appearances by Laurence A. Green
Waltham Public Library
Waltham, MA
781-314-3425
Performer’s Contact Information
Laurence A. Green
Alex Green289 Moody Street
Waltham, MA 02453
The Shaking Tent is a small volume recently printed by Back Pages Publishers, consisting of an historical introduction and Emerson's first two sermons.