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Richard Higgins

Richard Higgins  is the author of Thoreau and the Language of Trees. A writer and editor, he lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

Thoreau's garret

A Transcendentalist at Work 

Thoreau spent his last dozen years in this garret, making sense of what he could see from his windows

by Richard Higgins | Monday, December 02, 2019

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2nd Look

Where Does American History Begin?

by Ted Widmer

In honor of the Fourth of July, we’re revisiting Ted Widmer’s 2008 piece “Where Does American History Begin?” For many, the obvious answer is in 1776 Philadelphia, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Others might argue that hints of modern America emerged in the Jamestown and Plymouth settlements. But America’s true beginnings, Widmer writes, go back much further.

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