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Mistress Bradstreet: The Untold Life of America's First Poet by Charlotte Gordon

lsparrow's review

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3.0

an interesting biography although I found the style left me feeling less interested. I was very interested in some of the history that was presented.

susanbevans's review

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3.0

I can't give this book just one star because I might have liked it had I finished it. It is very detailed and I just couldn't get through it all. Also, I was hoping for more bits and pieces of Bradstreet's poetry. Anne Bradstreet, the first published writer in America, made a very important contribution to the history of American literature. But I really did not get much out of this book.

sophronisba's review

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3.0

Gordon brings a lot of imagination to this biography but I had issues with some of the sourcing and I thought she sometimes overreached when describing Bradstreet's state of mind.
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