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This "Cambridge Sketches" book Frank Preston Stearns, presents readers with an engrossing look at the bustling Cambridge, Massachusetts, global network sooner or later in the overdue 1800s. Prolific American writer Stearns captures the spirit of this instructional and cultural middle along with his eager observational talents and perceptive phrases. The collection' sketches gift a complicated picture of Cambridge that takes under consideration its social, ancient, and highbrow elements. Stearns investigates the esteemed instructional institutions, probing the studies passions and fascinating…mehr

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This "Cambridge Sketches" book Frank Preston Stearns, presents readers with an engrossing look at the bustling Cambridge, Massachusetts, global network sooner or later in the overdue 1800s. Prolific American writer Stearns captures the spirit of this instructional and cultural middle along with his eager observational talents and perceptive phrases. The collection' sketches gift a complicated picture of Cambridge that takes under consideration its social, ancient, and highbrow elements. Stearns investigates the esteemed instructional institutions, probing the studies passions and fascinating characters that make up this intellectually stimulating milieu. Painting a bright photo of the network that flourished on this intellectual epicenter, Stearns takes readers from the venerable halls of Harvard University to the charming streets of the city. Beyond the academic cognizance, "Cambridge Sketches" explores the metropolis's social structure, examining the ties, customs, and cultural quirks that characterised day-to-day existence. Stearns' writing reveals a profound know-how of the dynamic interplay most of the folks that formed Cambridge's precise identification. "Cambridge Sketches" is essentially a literary time tablet that preserves the flavor of a bygone age while providing readers an engrossing adventure through the thrashing middle of American academia.
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Frank Preston Stearns was a writer and abolitionist from Massachusetts in the 1800s. He was born in 1846 and died in 1917. His father was the abolitionist George Luther Stearns. He worked with Elizur Wright on ambitious anti-slavery projects like the American Anti-Slavery Society. He is also known for writing important books about the lives and careers of famous American authors and public figures, such as The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Life of Prince Otto von Bismarck, and The Life and Public Services of George Luther Stearns. The 4th of January 1846 saw the birth of Frank Preston Stearns in Medford, Massachusetts. On September 28, 1898, he married Emilia Maciel. They had one child after the wedding. He died in Arlington, Massachusetts, on January 21, 1917, from a brain bleed.