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 Celia Laighton Thaxter
(1835 - 1894)
The poet of the Isles of Shoals lived half her life on the barren islands 10
miles off the Maine and NH coasts. Raised in a lighthouse, her rocky life story
is as compelling as her writing. Her father's hotel on Appledore Island became
host to many of Boston's best known artists and writers. Her 1873 memoir Among
the Isles of Shoals is still a popular guide among Shoalers today. Her writing,
her poetry and her painting are the topics of continual intrigue. This site is
the most complete coverage of her life and work available online.
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VISIT ALSO: Smuttynose Murder Site
VISIT ALSO: Isles of Shoals
OUR TOP CELIA THAXTER WEB PAGES
William Dean Howells 1st Impressions 
Appledore Hotel photo
Photos Around Appledore Island
Nathaniel Hawthorne Visits the Laightons in 1852
The Caswell and the Laightons
Celia and the Legends of Sam Haley
NEW BIOGRAPHY OF CELIA PUBLISHED
First Steps to Repair Celia's Lighthouse
Inside White Island Light
A Message from Hog Island
Celia's 1847 Letter
EXCLUSIVE NEW PHOTOS: Celia's Mystery Cloak
Four Poems About Birds
The Simple Art of Celia's Brother Oscar
The Crack in Celia's Lighthouse
One Woman's Work: The Paintings of Celia Thaxter
Graves of Levi & Celia's Sons in Kittery, ME
Inside Whittier's Home
Whittier House Postcards
Celia's Three Norwegians
Original Smuttynose Murder News Clips
Black Heroes, White Poets
Celia's Ties to Kittery, Maine
Talk about Celia on Isles BB
Exclusive New Feature:
Celia Thaxter's Life Timeline
Did Celia Predict Titanic Sinking?
See Birthplace Location
Celia Thaxter Birthplace Dedicated
How Much Time Did Celia Really Spend on the Isles? (essay)
Celia Thaxter Museum on Star Island
Inside the Vaughn Memorial Thaxter Collection
Celia Thaxter Internet Hotlinks
Playing Celia is Serious Business (Stephanie Voss)
Celia Thaxter by Olive Tardiff
Digging Into the Spaniards' Graves
OUR CELIA POEMS ONLINE
Butcher Bird, Swallow, Kingfisher
& Burgomaster Gull
Karen, Thora and Lars
Connoisseur
"A Tryst"
Land-locked & Sandpiper
The Spaniards' Graves
OUR ONLINE PROSE BY CELIA
"A Memorable Murder"
Letter to Friend on Smuttynose Murder
Child's Story: "The Sandpiper's Nest"
OUR MISCELLANEOUS CELIA IMAGES
(Those not linked to key articles listed above)
Early Postcard of Celia's Cottage on Appledore
Celia's Cottage from "Early Memories"
Celia's Salon from "Attractive Bits"
Laighton Graves on Appledore by Peter Randall
Laighton Graves, Celia's Garden & Appledore Hotel site from "Disposable Camera
Tour"
Celia's Garden by Peter Randall
CELIA THAXTER'S CIRCLE
Her friends, family and visiting Appledore artists
JAMES T. ANNIE FIELDS
"The Lucky Horseshoe"
Nathaniel Hawthorne: We Visit his Birthplace
UNCLE OSCAR LAIGHTON
"UNCLE OSCAR" Oscar, Celia's Brother
Poems and Pictures by Uncle Oscar
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
As a Young Man
As an Old Man
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
Holmes, Celia and "Wreck of Rivermouth"
Whittier's Anti-Slavery Ode to NH
Whittier and "Hampton Beach"
Whittier's "Changeling"
Whittier Poems on SeacoastNH
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