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Phoebe Cary (September 4, 1824 – July 31, 1871) was an American poet, and the younger sister of poet Alice Cary (1820–1871). The sisters co-published poems in 1849, and then each went on to publish volumes of their own. After their deaths in 1871, joint anthologies of the sisters' unpublished poems were also compiled.
Dorothy Law Nolte was born in Los Angeles, California, January 12, 1924. She wrote a poem on childrearing, "Children Learn What They Live", for a weekly family column for The Torrance Herald in 1954. The poem was widely circulated by readers as well as distributed to millions of new parents by a maker of baby formula.
Lowell's partner Ada Dwyer Russell was the subject of many of her romantic poems.. Lowell's partner Ada Dwyer Russell was the subject of many of Lowell's romantic poems, [21] and Lowell wanted to dedicate her books to Russell, but Russell would not allow that, and relented only once for Lowell's biography of John Keats, in which Lowell wrote, "To A.D.R.,
The demand for her poems became so great that her books are still selling steadily after many printings, and she has been acclaimed as "America's beloved inspirational poet laureate". [2] [3] Helen Steiner Rice's books of inspirational poetry have now sold nearly seven million copies. Her strong religious faith and the ability she had to ...
The success of the book was due to both the story of Elsa and the dozens of photographs of her. Readers had pictures of many of the events of Elsa's life leading up to her release. Subsequent books were also heavily illustrated. Born Free received largely favorable reviews from critics. Adamson worked closely with publishers to promote the book ...
Rhymes for the Nursery is a collection of English poems by sisters Jane and Ann Taylor, published in London in 1806. [1] The best-known poem in it is Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star . [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The book Born Free (1960) was followed by two other books, Living Free (1961) and Forever Free (1963). A film sequel titled Living Free was directed by Jack Couffer and released in 1972. While deriving its name from the second book, the film was based on the third book in the series.
Vinnie was the youngest of the Dickinson siblings born to Edward Dickinson and his wife Emily Norcross in Amherst, Massachusetts. [2] She shared a name with her Aunt Lavinia. [3] On September 7, 1840, Vinnie and her sister Emily started attending school at Amherst Academy, a former boys' school that had opened to female students just two years ...