Author Talk with Douglas R. Egerton - A Man on Fire: The Worlds of Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Library : Stockbridge Library Association

Location : MA

Start : Sunday 9th of November 2025 2:00 PM

End : Sunday 9th of November 2025 3:00 PM

Description :

Join us for our latest author talk as Douglas Egerton speaks on his latest book, A Man on Fire: The Worlds of Thomas Wentworth Higginson. A follower of Emerson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson became a passionate abolitionist and supporter of John Brown. “Egerton’s biography is a welcome picture of a man who battled inequality on a wide range of fronts and maintained friendships with some of the most interesting people of the era.” WSJ