Isles of Shoals
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The Isles of Shoals are a group of small islands and tidal ledges situated approximately 6 miles off the east coast of the United States, straddling the border of the states of Maine and New Hampshire
Childe Hassam. Isles of Shoals, Broad Cove, 1911. Oil on canvas. Honolulu Museum of Art.
Maine, View of Appledore, 1879, William Morris Hunt, charcoal on paper
White Island Light, c. 1910
Gosport Chapel, 1905
Celia Thaxter
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Celia Thaxter was an American writer of poetry and stories. For most of her life, she lived with her father on the Isles of Shoals at his Appledore Hotel. How she grew up to become a writer is detaile
Isles of Shoals
…Laighton and Levi Thaxter opened a popular summer hotel on Appledore Island. Laighton's daughter, Celia, married Levi at the age of fifteen and as Celia Thaxter became the most popular American female poet of the 19th century. She hosted an arts community on the island frequented by authors including Nathaniel…
Celia Thaxter
Thaxter's home in Watertown
The Celia Thaxter House, Newtonville
Thaxter's cottage on Appledore Island