An Island Garden (Applewood Books) - Softcover

Thaxter, Celia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1429014296 ISBN 13: 9781429014298

Publisher: Applewood Books, 2008

Synopsis

Celia Laighton Thaxter (1835-1894) was born in Portsmouth, NH. When she was four, her father became the lighthouse keeper on White Island in the Isles of Shoals. After resigning his post eight years later, he built a resort hotel on Appledore Island in Maine. The first of its kind on the New England coast, the hotel became a gathering place for writers and artists during the latter half of the 19th century. In her last year of life, Celia published this work, in which she lovingly describes her Appledore garden and its flowers. The flowers she grew in her cutting garden filled her own rooms and those of the hotel, and this work became famous for its descriptions of the old-fashioned flowers she grew there. Her island garden, a plot that measured 15 feet square, has been re-created and is open to visitors.

About this title

About the Author:

About the time the facsimile edition was first published, Celia Thaxter's garden was restored by volunteers according to the plans noted in this book. It is open to visitors through arrangements with Cornell University's marine laboratory on nearby Star Island, off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Review:

Hassam's masterful renderings of the garden and island ... are as important to American Impressionism as Monet's poppy pictures or paintings of his garden at Giverny are to French Impressionism --Home and Garden Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Applewood Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1429014296
• ISBN 13: 9781429014298
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144