1883 HAND-WRITTEN POEM BY LUCY LARCOM + Chromolithographic Plates*Signed

Description: You are bidding on rare antique book titled Songs of Flowers. Poems of Wood-Fringe, Pansies, Columbine, Daisies and Ferns. Arranged and Illustrated by Susie B. Skelding. Published by White, Stokes, & Allen, 1883. I conducted a search and could not find another book like this one anywhere! Book includes a hand-written poem by Lucy Larcom, famous female poet from Beverly, Massachusetts. The ink has faded over the years but is still legible. I used a magnifying glass to help me read it. The poem is titled Wood Fringe. This is an amazing find and belongs in a museum! So, not only are you getting Lucy Larcom's signature, you are also getting a poem written by her! Lucy Larcom (March 5, 1824 - April 17, 1893, in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American poet. Larcom was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, in 1824, the ninth of ten children and died in Boston in 1893. She left Beverly, Massachusetts, in 1835 to work cotton mills in Lowell from the ages of 11 to 21. As a mill girl she hoped to earn some extra money for her family. While working at the mills in Lowell, Lucy made a huge impact. She wrote and published many of her songs, poems, and letters describing her life at the mills. Her idealistic poems caught the attention of John Greenleaf Whittier. Larcom served as a model for the change in women's roles in society. In the 1840s (circa 1846), she taught at a school in Illinois before returning to Massachusetts. From 1865 to 1873, she was the editor of Our Young Folks, later renamed St. Nicholas Magazine. Larcom penned one of the best accounts of New England childhood of her time, A New England Girlhood, commonly used as a reference in studying early American childhood. Larcom's influence is still felt in her hometown of Beverly. A local literary magazine entitled The Larcom Review is named for her, as is the library at the Beverly High School. Larcom Mountain, located in the Ossipee Mountains in New Hampshire, is named after her, as she frequented the area during the late 1800s. At Wheaton College (Massachusetts) in Norton, Massachusetts, the Larcom Dormitory is named after her. Larcom's legacy is honored in Lowell, Massachusetts, where she worked as a Mill Girl at the Boott Mills, and as such, the Lucy Larcom Park was named after her to honor her works of literature that recounted her life at the mills. The park can be found between the two Lowell High School buildings, and excerpts from her writings can be found on monuments, statues and other works of art throughout the park. The book is supposed to be bound together with a ribbon. The ribbon has become fragile over the years and has broken. The covers show chipping and some wear. This is a super rare one-of-a-kind item! Would make a super addition to a collection! (Inventory: S - 32) Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter

Price: 189.97 USD

Location: Glenmoore, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-02-25T00:29:36.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.85 USD