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Adventurous alliance : the story of the Agassiz family of Boston

Title
Adventurous alliance : the story of the Agassiz family of Boston / by Louise Hall Tharp ; with illustrations.
Author
Tharp, Louise Hall, 1898-1992
Publication
  • Boston : Little, Brown and Company, [1959]
  • ©1959

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Description
xiii, 354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 22 cm
Subject
  • Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
  • Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907
  • Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907
  • Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
  • Agassiz
  • Perkins
  • Cary
  • Felton
  • Curtis
  • Biologen
  • Dierkunde
  • Geologen
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliography.
Contents
Principal characters arranged by families -- To meet Mr. Agassiz -- The Indies, the Orient and Boston -- Schooling without school -- The temple place players -- The rare comet -- Professor Agassiz -- The "Great Master" -- Defeat and victory -- Louis Agassiz and Édouard Desor -- The Agassizs -- Wife of a naturalist -- The "Agassiz" Museum -- The Agassiz School -- Creative chaos -- Brazilian journey -- Brazil is not Boston -- The Agassiz children -- Mrs. Agassiz "holds the pen -- The voyage of the Hassler -- On a winter afternoon -- Our Harvard girls -- "X" cottage -- Private life of Madam President -- The grand tour -- Honorary president -- President emeritus -- The great question.
LCCN
59011886
OCLC
  • ocm00550798
  • 550798
  • SCSB-2081449
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library