Coupled with the paintings are excerpts from poet Celia Thaxter's book Among the Isles of Shoals. This text combines natural history, memoir, and poetry to create a work that still resonates today. Since its publication in 1873, it has been considered to be Thaxter's masterpiece. Together, the poetry and paintings reveal a world that few have inhabited and thousands have visited. Isles of Shoals is a tribute to a region that still retains a great deal of mystery and beauty and to the artists who have defied the elements to ...
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Coupled with the paintings are excerpts from poet Celia Thaxter's book Among the Isles of Shoals. This text combines natural history, memoir, and poetry to create a work that still resonates today. Since its publication in 1873, it has been considered to be Thaxter's masterpiece. Together, the poetry and paintings reveal a world that few have inhabited and thousands have visited. Isles of Shoals is a tribute to a region that still retains a great deal of mystery and beauty and to the artists who have defied the elements to capture it.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0971132186. A very nice copy with clean, bright interior pages and solid binding. DJ in very nice condition.; Island Light; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 72 pages.