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Among the Isles of Shoals is Celia Thaxter's luminous evocation of the small Atlantic archipelago off the coasts of New Hampshire and Maine, blending memoir, natural description, local history, and maritime folklore. Written in graceful, finely textured prose, the book records the seasonal life of the islands, the labors of fishermen and hotel keepers, and the stark beauty of wind, sea, and stone. It belongs to the nineteenth-century tradition of regional writing, yet its lyric precision and attentiveness to place give it enduring literary distinction. Thaxter was uniquely qualified to write this work. Raised on the Isles of Shoals, where her family managed the Appledore House, she grew up amid the island community that she later memorialized. Known also as a poet associated with New England literary circles, she brought to prose the same sensitivity to atmosphere and emotional nuance that marks her verse. The book emerges from intimate knowledge, filial attachment, and a desire to preserve a vanishing maritime world. This is an essential book for readers interested in American regionalism, women's life writing, and nineteenth-century coastal culture. Thaxter offers not mere description but an act of cultural remembrance, making the Isles of Shoals vivid, historical, and profoundly human.
Among the Isles of Shoals is Celia Thaxter's luminous evocation of the small Atlantic archipelago off the coasts of New Hampshire and Maine, blending memoir, natural description, local history, and maritime folklore. Written in graceful, finely textured prose, the book records the seasonal life o...
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