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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Gordon, Lyndall.     Subjects     Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.     Poets, American -- 19th century -- Family relationships.     Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography.     Amherst (Mass.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gordon, Lyndall.       by title:      Lives like loaded gu...       by call number:      921 D553g     Search the Web     Gordon, Lyndall.     Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.     Poets, American -- 19th century -- Family relationships.     Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography.     Amherst (Mass.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.       MARC Display

Lives like loaded guns : Emily Dickinson and her family's feuds / Lyndall Gordon. by Gordon, Lyndall. Viking, 2010. Call #: 921 D553g Subjects Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.   Poets, American -- 19th century -- Family relationships.   Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography.   Amherst (Mass.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. ISBN:  9780670021932 0670021938 Edition:  1st American ed. Description:  xvii, 491 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  A poet next door -- 'A still-- volcano-- life. ' The first family ; A scientific education ; Sister ; 'Wife without the sign' ; 'Snarl in the brain' ; Telling ; Romancing Judge Lord ; Split in the family -- Mabel's reign. Emily's stand ; Lady Macbeth of Amherst ; Mabel in excelsis -- The war between the houses. Lavinia's stand ; The trial ; Defeats of the first generation ; Two daughters ; The battle of the daughters ; Posthumous campaigns -- Outliving the legend. Summary:  Lyndall Gordon tells the riveting story of the Dickinsons, and reveals Emily as a very different woman from the pale, lovelorn recluse that exists in the popular imagination. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Biography 921 D553g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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