Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds

by Lyndall Gordon

Book Overview

"Lives Like Loaded Guns...reads like a fabulous detective story...[Gordon] takes us into undiscovered territory." --The Washington Post

A great companion to fans of the film A Quiet Passion, starring Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson and the new series Dickinson.

In 1882, Emily Dickinson's brother, Austin, began an adulterous love affair with the accomplished and ravishing Mabel Todd, setting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143119141
• ISBN13: 9780143119142
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher