1940 New England: Indian Summer 1865-1915

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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Bound in cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, with the original unclipped dustwrapper. First Edition. Van Wyck Brooks was an American literary critic, biographer, and historian.The masterpiece of his literary career was a series of studies entitled 'Makers and Finders', which chronicled the development of American literature during the long 19th century. Brooks received the Pulitzer Prize in history for 'The Flowering of New England', as well as the second National Book Award for Non-Fiction from the American Book Sellers Association. 'New England: Indian Summer 1865-1915', is the successor of 'The Flowering of New England', providing an anecdotally rich, impressionistic view of the American literary scene in the postbellum period.