Lives Like Loaded Guns : Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds
by Gordon, Lyndall
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- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670021938
- ISBN 13
- 9780670021932
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Synopsis
" Lives Like Loaded Guns ...reads like a fabulous detective story...[Gordon] takes us into undiscovered territory." -- The Washington Post In 1882, Emily Dickinson's brother, Austin, began an adulterous love affair with the accomplished and ravishing Mabel Todd, setting in motion a series of events that would forever change the lives of the Dickinson family. Award-winning biographer Lyndall Gordon tells the story of the feud that erupted-and that still continues today. Making unprecedented use of letters, diaries, and legal documents, Gordon proposes a groundbreaking new solution to the secret behind the poet's insistent seclusion, presenting a woman beyond her time who found love, spirituality, and immortality all on her own terms. The first major biography of Dickinson in nearly ten years, Lives Like Loaded Guns is a highly acclaimed story of creative genius, illicit passion, and betrayal that will forever change the way we view one of America's most important literary figures.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4191788-6
- Title
- Lives Like Loaded Guns : Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds
- Author
- Gordon, Lyndall
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670021938
- ISBN 13
- 9780670021932
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2010-06
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