That Dickinson Girl

That Dickinson Girl
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Publisher : Tidal Waters Press
Total Pages : 345
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ISBN-10 : 9781959318088
ISBN-13 : 195931808X
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis That Dickinson Girl by : Joan Koster

She’s going to be the greatest orator of the Civil War Eighteen-year-old Anna Dickinson is nothing like the women around her, and she knows it. Gifted with a powerful voice, a razor-sharp wit, and unbounded energy, the diminutive curlyhead sets out to surpass the men of her day as she rails against slavery and pushes for women’s rights. There are only two things that can bring her downfall—the entangling love she has for her devoted companion, Julia, and an assassin’s bullet. Forced to accompany the fiery young orator on her speaking tour of New England, Julia Pennington fights her growing attraction to the ever more popular celebrity. When a traitor sets out to assassinate Anna, Julia must risk her life to save her. Loosely based on the life of forgotten orator, feminist, and lesbian, Anna Dickinson, That Dickinson Girl is the story of one woman’s rise to fame and fortune at the expense of love during the political and social turmoil of the American Civil War.

Half Girl

Half Girl
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 1933132183
ISBN-13 : 9781933132181
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Half Girl by : Stephanie Dickinson

Fiction. "In her debut novel, the aptly named Stephanie Emily Dickinson (who also reminds me of a female Tennessee Williams) gives us Angelique, a sort of hitchhiking Lolita, and somehow makes her heart break in the reader'ss chest. HALF GIRL is 100% thrilling, harrowing, beautiful, and unforgettable"--Jennifer Belle.

The Tulip Girl

The Tulip Girl
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Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Total Pages : 419
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ISBN-10 : 9781447216377
ISBN-13 : 1447216377
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis The Tulip Girl by : Margaret Dickinson

The Tulip Girl is Margaret Dickinson's captivating Lincolnshire saga about the endurance of true love in the face of adversity. Abandoned outside an orphanage as a newborn baby, spirited Maddie March has had to fight her way through life. So when she finds a home at Few Farm with Frank Brackenbury and his household, she welcomes the chance for a fresh start. Work on the farm is hard, but believing herself truly loved for the first time in her young life by the farmer's son, Michael, even the animosity of the housekeeper Mrs Trowbridge cannot mar Maddie's newfound happiness. 1947 brings harsh winter, sweeping devastation over the farm and threatening the Brackenburys' livelihood. All seems lost, until Maddie has an idea that might save them all from poverty. But then she discovers she is pregnant . . .

America's Joan of Arc

America's Joan of Arc
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9780195161458
ISBN-13 : 0195161459
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis America's Joan of Arc by : J. Matthew Gallman

One of the most celebrated women of her time, Anna Elizabeth Dickinson was a charismatic orator, writer, and actress, who rose to fame during the Civil War. In "America's Joan of Arc," Gallman offers the first full-length biography of Dickinson to appear in over half a century.

Girl of the Alamo

Girl of the Alamo
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Publisher : Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum
Total Pages : 76
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ISBN-10 : 0890154473
ISBN-13 : 9780890154472
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Girl of the Alamo by : Rita Kerr

The cry of Texas' freedom "Remember the Alamo" has echoed through the years. The legend of the heroic battle has been told and retold many times, many ways. This is the story of the only Anglo-American woman who was there. Susanna Dickinson lived those frightful thirteen days and saw the Texans go down one by one. Among those heroes was her husband, Almeron. Susanna's story is one of courage and strength

Eva

Eva
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Publisher : Open Road Media
Total Pages : 189
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ISBN-10 : 9781504001403
ISBN-13 : 1504001400
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Eva by : Peter Dickinson

Eva’s hospital room looks out onto the skyscrapers of a huge city, but since waking up from her coma she only dreams of trees Thirteen-year-old Eva opens her eyes to find herself in a hospital, her body paralyzed while it heals from a devastating accident. Her mother says that Eva will be able to move her hands and face soon and that everything is going to be fine, but something in her voice tells Eva it’s not that simple. The doctors give Eva a keyboard that turns her typing into speech and controls a mirror that rotates to look around the room and out the window—every direction except back at her bed. What are the doctors trying to hide from her? And why, in an overpopulated world where humans have tamed all the wild places, does Eva keep dreaming of a forest she’s never seen? This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Peter Dickinson including rare images from the author’s collection.

The Belle of Amherst

The Belle of Amherst
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Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages : 52
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ISBN-10 : 9780822233732
ISBN-13 : 0822233738
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis The Belle of Amherst by : William Luce

THE STORY: In her Amherst, Massachusetts home, the reclusive nineteenth-century poet Emily Dickinson recollects her past through her work, her diaries and letters, and a few encounters with significant people in her life. William Luce’s classic play shows us both the pain and the joy of Dickinson’s secluded life.

When Reason Breaks

When Reason Breaks
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9781619634121
ISBN-13 : 1619634120
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis When Reason Breaks by : Cindy L. Rodriguez

Elizabeth Davis and Emily Delgado seem to have little in common except Ms. Diaz's English class and the solace they find in the words of Emily Dickinson, but both are struggling with to cope with monumental secrets and tumultuous emotions that will lead one to attempt suicide.

These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson

These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 291
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ISBN-10 : 9780393609318
ISBN-13 : 0393609316
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson by : Martha Ackmann

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, this engaging, insightful portrayal of Emily Dickinson sheds new light on one of American literature’s most enigmatic figures. On August 3, 1845, young Emily Dickinson declared, “All things are ready” and with this resolute statement, her life as a poet began. Despite spending her days almost entirely “at home” (the occupation listed on her death certificate), Dickinson’s interior world was extraordinary. She loved passionately, was hesitant about publication, embraced seclusion, and created 1,789 poems that she tucked into a dresser drawer. In These Fevered Days, Martha Ackmann unravels the mysteries of Dickinson’s life through ten decisive episodes that distill her evolution as a poet. Ackmann follows Dickinson through her religious crisis while a student at Mount Holyoke, which prefigured her lifelong ambivalence toward organized religion and her deep, private spirituality. We see the poet through her exhilarating frenzy of composition, through which we come to understand her fiercely self-critical eye and her relationship with sister-in-law and first reader, Susan Dickinson. Contrary to her reputation as a recluse, Dickinson makes the startling decision to ask a famous editor for advice, writes anguished letters to an unidentified “Master,” and keeps up a lifelong friendship with writer Helen Hunt Jackson. At the peak of her literary productivity, she is seized with despair in confronting possible blindness. Utilizing thousands of archival letters and poems as well as never-before-seen photos, These Fevered Days constructs a remarkable map of Emily Dickinson’s inner life. Together, these ten days provide new insights into her wildly original poetry and render an “enjoyable and absorbing” (Scott Bradfield, Washington Post) portrait of American literature’s most enigmatic figure.

On Wings of Words

On Wings of Words
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Publisher : Chronicle Books
Total Pages : 54
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ISBN-10 : 9781452172071
ISBN-13 : 1452172072
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis On Wings of Words by : Jennifer Berne

An inspiring and kid-accessible biography of one of the world's most famous poets. Emily Dickinson, who famously wrote "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul," is brought to life in this moving story. In a small New England town lives Emily Dickinson, a girl in love with small things—a flower petal, a bird, a ray of light, a word. In those small things, her brilliant imagination can see the wide world—and in her words, she takes wing. From celebrated children's author Jennifer Berne comes a lyrical and lovely account of the life of Emily Dickinson: her courage, her faith, and her gift to the world. With Dickinson's own inimitable poetry woven throughout, this lyrical biography is not just a tale of prodigious talent, but also of the power we have to transform ourselves and to reach one another when we speak from the soul. • Fantastic educational opportunity to share Emily Dickinson's story and poetry with young readers • An inspirational real-life story that will appeal to children and adults alike. • Jennifer Berne is the author of critically acclaimed children's biographies of Albert Einstein and Jacques Cousteau. Fans who enjoyed Emily Writes: Emily Dickinson and her Poetic Beginnings, Emily and Carlo, and Uncle Emily will love On Wings of Words. • Books for kids ages 5–8 • Poetry for children • Biographies for children Jennifer Berne is the award-winning author of the biographies Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau and On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein. She lives in Copake, New York. Becca Stadtlander is the illustrator of many children's and young adult publications, including Sleep Tight Farm. She was born and raised in Covington, Kentucky.