How Did Oliver Wendell Holmes Impact On America

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America in the mid-nineteenth century was a crock pot stirring with a plethora of problems. Gunshots chimed throughout the nation and fear culminated within the streets. The fact remains true that while the Civil War, slavery, and Bloody Kansas had a demoralizing impact on America; Oliver Wendell Holmes, utilized the fireside to dilute and soothe the fears of Americans. Considering how long his works were pedestalled, his writing through use of charm and wit succeeded in changing the troubled and uncertain mindset of America. From humble beginnings, Holmes was not always expected of as a great poet in his heyday. However Holmes was born as a descendent of a prominent Puritan poet, Anne Bradstreet, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, not the revered
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