Sandpiper: The Life and Letters of Celia Thaxter --And Her Home on the Isles of Shoals, Her Family, Friends & Favorite Poems

by Rosamond Thaxter

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Raised with her two brothers on White Island lighthouse at the Isles of Shoals, off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Celia Thaxter developed a strong sense of the natural history of the islands. Her marriage at age 16 to intellectual Levi Thaxter, who had been her tutor, was her introduction to the literary world of Boston. Her poems first appeared in The Atlantic and she became one of America's favorite authors in the late 19th century. Emerson, Hawthorne,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:091433901X

ISBN13:9780914339014

Release Date:January 1999

Publisher:Peter E. Randall Publisher

Length:356 Pages

Weight:1.12 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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