WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF — Miriam and Other Poems

Boston, MA: Fields, Osgood, & Co, 1871. Early printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have gilt lettering to the spine and front cover of the book. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some lightish bumping and rubbing. There are several small edge nicks and tears to both top and bottom spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. There are occasional spots of foxing throughout the text. "Whittier was first introduced to poetry by a teacher. His sister Mary Whittier sent his first poem, "The Deity", to the Newburyport Free Press without his permission, and its editor, William Lloyd Garrison, published it on June 8, 1826. Garrison, as well as another local editor, encouraged Whittier to attend the recently opened Haverhill Academy. To raise money to attend the school, Whittier became a shoemaker for a time, and a deal was made to pay part of his tuition with food from the family farm. Before his second term, he earned money to cover tuition by serving as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in what is now Merrimac, Massachusetts. He attended Haverhill Academy from 1827 to 1828 and completed a high school education in only two terms. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .