TY - BOOK AU - Addison,Daniel Dulany TI - Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters, and Diary AV - PS PY - 2017/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography KW - Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893 N1 - Release date is 2017-10-14; Produced by David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive); Original publication data not identified N2 - "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters, and Diary" by Daniel Dulany Addison is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work centers around the life of the poet and author Lucy Larcom, capturing her experiences from childhood in Massachusetts to her role as a pioneer schoolmistress in Illinois, and her subsequent contributions to literature and education. It also explores the spiritual and intellectual struggles she navigated throughout her life, marked by her deep faith and commitment to social issues. At the start of the narrative, the author outlines Larcom's early life, detailing her upbringing in Beverly, Massachusetts, where she grew up in a large family. Her love for nature and her early aptitude for reading and poetry are highlighted, setting the stage for her later literary aspirations. The text touches upon her challenging transition to life in a new environment as a teacher on the Western prairies, revealing both her resilience and dedication to education. Through her childhood memories and budding literary skills, the opening portion emphasizes the formative experiences that shaped her character and influenced her future path as an author and educator. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55751 ER -