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 (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.
