Christopher Pearse Cranch (8 March 1813-20 January 1892), known today primarily as a Transcendental poet, was a talented man with little discipline, a dabbler in music, art, and literature, who tried ...
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Christopher Pearse Cranch's two Huggermugger or Little Jacket books are milestones in the development of nondidactic literature for children and of American fantasy. Although they are known today only...
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Minister, musician, poet, and painter, Christopher Pearse Cranch spent most of his long life eking out a modest living in a variety of professions. Many scholars of the period dismiss Cranch as merely...
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