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Author Kaag, John, 1979- author.

Title American philosophy : a love story / John Kaag.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  191 KANG    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  191 KAAG    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  191 KAAG    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  191 KAAG    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  191 KAA    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  191 KAAG    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  191 KAAG    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  191 KA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 259 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-242) and index.
Contents Hell -- Purgatory -- Redemption.
Summary The author recounts his discovery of the library of philosopher William Ernest Hocking, a follower of William James, and describes how, in the course of restoring the library, his reading about pragmatism and transcendence renews his belief in freedom and self-reliance.
Subject Hocking, William Ernest, $d 1873-1966
Philosophy, American -- Miscellanea.
Philosophy, American -- Popular works.
Philosophy, American. (OCoLC)fst01060855
Genre/Form Miscellanea. (OCoLC)fst01423854
ISBN 9780374154486 (cloth)
0374154481 (cloth)
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