The Poems of Celia Thaxter

by Celia Thaxter

After Thaxter's death, her close friend Sarah Orne Jewett edited the most comprehensive volume of Thaxter's poetry in 1896. This expanded edition adds more poems, a few short stories, and an introduction

Genres: Poetry

327 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1996

About the author

Celia Laighton Thaxter was an American writer of poetry and stories. Thaxter grew up in the Isles of Shoals, first on White Island, where her father, Thomas Laighton, was a lighthouse keeper, and then on Smuttynose and Appledore Islands.

Her poems first appeared in The Atlantic Monthly and she became one of America's favorite authors in the late 19th century. Among her best-known poems are The Burgomaster Gull, Landlocked, Milking, The Great White Owl, The Kingfisher, and especially The Sandpiper.