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A Calendar of Sonnets

by Helen Hunt Jackson

Helen Hunt Jackson is probably most famous for her work on behalf of Native Americans’ rights. However, this short volume presents a sonnet for each month of the year, devoted simply and beautifully to the shifting wonder of nature through the seasons.

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1891

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Helen Hunt Jackson (pen name, H.H.; born Helen Maria Fiske) was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government....

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