Title: The wreckage of Eden
Description: When U.S. Army chaplain Robert Winter first meets Emily Dickinson, he is fascinated by the brilliance of the strange girl immersed in her botany lessons. She will become his confidante, obsession, and muse over the years as he writes to her of his friendship with the aspiring politician Abraham Lincoln, his encounter with the young newspaperman Samuel Clemens, and his crisis of conscience concerning the radical abolitionist John Brown.
Subjects: Fiction, Military chaplains, American Women poets, History, United states, fiction, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, historical, Authors, fiction, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Literary
Places: United States
People: Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Time periods: 19th century