***2014 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - BIOGRAPHY *** Megan Marshall recounts the trailblazing life of Margaret Fuller: Thoreau's first editor, Emerson's close friend, daring war correspondent, tragic heroine. After her untimely death in a shipwreck off Fire Island, the sense and passion of her life's work were eclipsed by scandal. Marshall's inspired narrative brings her back to indelible life. Whether detailing her front-page New-York Tribune editorials against poor conditions in the city's prisons and mental hospitals, or illuminating her late-in-life hunger for passionate experience including a secret affair with a young officer in the Roman Guard, Marshall's biography gives the most thorough and compassionate view of an extraordinary woman. No biography of Fuller has made her ideas so alive or her life so moving. AUTHOR: Megan Marshall, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the Biography/ Autobiography category was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist for 'The Peabody Sisters'. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New York Times Book Review, and Slate. A recipient of Guggenheim and NEH fellowships, Marshall teaches in the MFA program at Emerson College. 22 images
