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Title: The Jameses: A Family Narrative by R. W. B. Lewis ISBN: 0-385-42495-7 Publisher: Random House Inc Pub. Date: 01 February, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: The James Family: Or how to Educate a Brood of Geniuses
Comment: This wonderful book tells the story of where the James family and its money came from, how Henry Sr. almost lost his inheritance for the frivolity of buying too many books, then reclaimed it and used it to raise the most remarkable intellectual family yet in American history. The book is big, which gives it enough space to delve into the tragedy of the two younger James brothers, the maturation of William and Henry Jr., and the closeted life of Alice.

I came away with a new respect for the somewhat eccentric Henry Sr., with his diverse interests in educational philosophy, Swedenborg, and Emerson. He is the under-sung hero of this narrative and its true author.

Perhaps I enjoyed the book most of all because it allowed me to feel almost a part of the family, to live what to me is a fantasy. If you feel yourself a kindred spirit to William, Henry, Jr., or Sr., or Alice, I would heartily recommend this book.

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