**Robert D. Richardson *(1934-2020) was the author of the acclaimed biographies William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism *, Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind, and * Emerson: The Mind on Fire.He was a recipient of the Bancroft and Francis Parkman prizes and a finalist for the National Bo...

**Robert D. Richardson *(1934-2020) was the author of the acclaimed biographies William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism *, Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind, and * Emerson: The Mind on Fire.He was a recipient of the Bancroft and Francis Parkman prizes and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.Megan Marshallis the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life *.