Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters, and Diary

A biographical collection assembles letters, diary selections, and reminiscences to trace a New England poet's life from childhood through prairie pioneering, teaching, editorial work, and late literary output. Chapters follow early years, prairie and log-cabin experiences, schoolmistress duties, teaching and editorial engagements, wartime correspondence, intellectual and religious reflections, and final years, highlighting a spiritual journey from rigorous theology toward a more personal faith. The editor supplies context and selected correspondence to illuminate inner struggles, friendships, literary practices, and devotional convictions.