Wm & H'ry

By J. C. Hallman

Subjects: American Authors, Brothers, Authors, american, Philosophers, united states, History & Surveys, Families, Family, PHILOSOPHY, Authors, correspondence, James, william, 1842-1910, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Philosophers, Modern, Correspondence, Psychologists

Description: Readers generally know only one of the two famous James brothers. Literary types know Henry James; psychologists, philosophers, and religion scholars know William James. In reality, the brothers' minds were inseparable, as the more than eight hundred letters they wrote to each other reveal. In this book, J.C. Hallman mines the letters for mutual affection and influence, painting a moving portrait of a relationship between two extraordinary men. Deeply intimate, sometimes antagonistic, rife with wit, and on the cutting edge of art and science, the letters portray the brothers' relati.