Title: A voice of her own
First published: 2009
Description: When something is most important to me and I do not want to lose it, I gather it into a poem. It is said that women must employ the needle and not the pen. But I will be a Poet! That's who I am!Before she was an iconic American poet, Emily Dickinson was a spirited girl eager to find her place in the world. Expected by family and friends to mold to the prescribed role for women in mid-1800s New England, Emily was challenged to define herself on her own terms.Award-winning author Barbara Dana brilliantly imagines the girlhood of this extraordinary young woman, capturing the cadences of her unique voice and bringing her to radiant life.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Fiction, History, Childhood and youth, Children's fiction, Authors, fiction, Poets, fiction
Places: Amherst (Mass.)
People: Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PZ7.D188 Vo 2009