Polly Longsworth
Author of Austin and Mabel: The Amherst Affair and Love Letters of Austin Dickinson and Mabel Loomis Todd
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
One wonders if Exploring Caves
is by the same Polly Longsworth.
Indeed, it seems to be.
Works by Polly Longsworth
Austin and Mabel: The Amherst Affair and Love Letters of Austin Dickinson and Mabel Loomis Todd (1984) 69 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Longsworth, Polly Ormsby
- Birthdate
- 1933-10-21
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Emma Willard School
Smith College (BA, 1955) - Occupations
- biographer
young adult writer
Editorial assistant, Thomas Y. Crowell Company
Coordinator of children's books, J.B. Lippincott Company
Editor, Virginia Research Center for Archaeology - Organizations
- Authors Guild
American Antiquarian Society
Emily Dickinson International Society - Short biography
- Polly Ormsby Longsworth is the author of several biographies of Emily Dickinson and her family, including Austin and Mabel: The Amherst Affair and Love Letters of Austin Dickinson and Mabel Loomis Todd (1984), which was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; The World of Emily Dickinson (1990); and The Dickinsons of Amherst (with Jerome Liebling, Christopher Benfey and Barton Levi St. Armand).
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Buffalo, New York, USA
- Map Location
- USA
- Disambiguation notice
- One wonders if Exploring Caves
is by the same Polly Longsworth.
Indeed, it seems to be.
Members
Reviews
Austin and Mabel: The Amherst Affair & Love Letters of Austin Dickinson and Mabel Loomis Todd by Polly Longsworth
Fascinating account of an illicit love affair that stood the test of time.
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Statistics
- Works
- 6
- Members
- 168
- Popularity
- #126,678
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 10