From the Book - First edition.
"One fine day in May" (1886)
Arriving in Amherst (1856-1881)
Meeting and courting the Dickinsons (1881-1882)
Soaring love and seething tensions (1883-1894)
Dickinsonian inspiration: Mabel's creative output (1883-1893)
Lingering puritanism and Millicent's sensibilities (1884-1897)
Embracing Emily's poems (1886-1897)
Losing Austin, finding Mabel (1895-1904)
Suing the "Queen of Amherst" (1897-1898)
Traveling and travails (1899-1917)
"Sincerely, Joe Thomas" (1918-1919)
Fighting to define Emily Dickinson (1920-1929)
Bringing lost poems to light (1930-1939)
Dealing with Dickinsoniana" (1940-1955)
Battling over Emily's Papers (1946-1959)
Seeking closure and meaning (1960-1968)
Unpacking the camphorwood chest
Sorting through the clutter.
