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Helen Hunt Jackson

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October 18, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, The United States

died

August 12, 1885

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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in Southern California, and as an activist for Native American rights

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Average rating: 3.56 · 565 ratings · 112 reviews · 80 distinct works

	Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson, Michael Dorris (Introduction), Valerie Sherer Mathes (Afterword) 3.53 avg rating — 434 ratings — published 1884 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Ramona 3.50 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1976	My rating:
	Ramona 3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions	My rating:
	A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with some of the Indian Tribes 3.68 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1881 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Letters from a Cat: Published by Her Mistress for the Benefit of All Cats and the Amusement of Little Children (1879) by Helen Hunt Jackson, Addie Ledyard (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Helen Hunt Jackson's Colorado by Helen Hunt Jackson, Joseph T. Gordon 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	Westward to a High Mountain: The Colorado Writings of Helen Hunt Jackson 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995	My rating:
	Letters from a Cat 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Nelly's Silver Mine: A Story of Colorado Life 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1878 — 12 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Helen Hunt Jackson

“Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name? ”
― Helen Hunt Jackson

tags: passion

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“The woman who creates and sustains a home, and under whose hands children grow up to be strong and pure men and women, is a creator second only to God.”
― Helen Hunt Jackson

13 people liked it

“The goldenrod is yellow,
The corn is turning brown...
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.”
― Helen Hunt Jackson

tags: autumn , fall

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