Oscar a Life

A major literary biography of America's best-loved nineteenth-century poet, the first in more than fifty years, and a much-needed re-assessment for the twenty-first century of a writer whose stature and celebrity were unparalleled in his time, whose work helped to explain America's new world not only to Americans but to Europe and beyond. From the author of On Paper ("Buoyant" —The New Yorker; "Essential" —Publishers Weekly), Patience and Fortitude ("A wonderful hymn" —Simon Winchester), and A Gentle Madness ("A jewel" —David McCullough).