| An Island Garden Contributor(s): Thaxter, Celia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1103859862 ISBN-13: 9781103859863 Publisher: BiblioLife OUR PRICE: $27.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: "Celia Laighton Thaxter (1835-1894) was born in Portsmouth, NH. When she was four, her father became the lighthouse keeper on White Island in the Isles of Shoals. After resigning his post eight years later, he built a resort hotel on Appledore Island in Maine. The first of its kind on the New England coast, the hotel became a gathering place for writers and artists during the latter half of the 19th century. In her last year of life, Celia published this work, in which she lovingly describes her Appledore garden and its flowers. The flowers she grew in her cutting garden filled her own rooms and those of the hotel, and this work became famous for its descriptions of the old-fashioned flowers she grew there. Her island garden, a plot that measured 15 feet square, has been re-created and is open to visitors." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Essays & Narratives - Gardening | Flowers - General - Gardening | Regional - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.84 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Maine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. |