Portraits of American Women

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott and Abigail Adams are just some of the notable women in the same league as the reclusive, but brilliant, poet Emily Dickinson. This book discusses Dickinson's love of being home in Amherst, finding companionship in books, and writing poetry. Poems written by Dickinson are also included in the chapter about the poet.