A Summer of Hummingbirds: Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade by Christopher Benfey
	List Price:   $25.95 Unit Price:   $20.76 You Save:   $5.19 (20%) ISBN-10:   1594201609 ISBN-13:   9781594201608 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   May 2008 Pages:   287 Format:   Hardcover; With dust jacket Ages:   18 to Grades:   12 to
Awards
1998  New York Times Notable Books of the Year  Winner!  2006  American Library Association Notable Books  Winner!  2006  Aventis Prizes for Science Books  Nominee/Honoree  2006  California Book Awards  Nominee/Honoree  2007  Great Lakes Book Awards  Winner!
Subjects
DICKINSON, EMILY, 1830-1886 LITERATURE AND HISTORY STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER, 1811-1896 TWAIN, MARK, 1835-1910 UNITED STATES_HISTORY_1865-1898 WOMEN AND LITERATURE
Description/Notes
A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade A surprising and scandalous story of how the interaction within a group of exceptional and uniquely talented characters shaped and changed American thought At the close of the Civil War, the United States took a deep breath to lick wounds and consider the damage done. A Summer of Hummingbirdsreveals how, at that tender moment, the lives of some of our most noted writers, poets, and artists-including Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade-intersected to make sense of it all. Renowned critic Christopher Benfey maps the intricate web of friendship, family, and romance that connects these larger than life personalities to one another, and in doing so discovers a unique moment in the development of American character.