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Celia Thaxter

Piccola: The Lost Christmas Classic of Celia Thaxter

by J. Dennis Robinson

includes a BONUS study guide on "Little Piccola"

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Celia Thaxter Attacks Heartless Women Wearing Birds as Fashion

by J. Dennis Robinson

Include Celia's 1886 full article on "Heartless women"

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Chatting with the Dead 

by J. Dennis Robinson

Spiritualism and séances attracted millions in the 1800s

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Celia Thaxter’s Shocking Smuttynose Murder Letter

by J. Dennis Robinson

"Poor thing," Celia wrote of Maren Hontvet, "she tried hard to save the others."

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Celia Thaxter’s Kaleidoscopic Appeal, Part 1

by J. Dennis Robinson

Child, mother, wife, poet

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Science and Celia Thaxter’s Island Garden

by J. Dennis Robinson

Science and art meet at the Isles of Shoals Marine Lab on Appledore

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Celia Thaxter’s “A Memorable Murder” (1875)

by J. Dennis Robinson

The full, uninterrupted text, considered an early true crime masterpiece

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Celia Thaxter Worshipped Nature

by Vintage Pics

Her real church was her garden and the natural world

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A Few Quick Shark Tales

by Vintage Pics

The demon of the deep has been kind to the NH seacaost

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