A Restless Spirit (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Natalie S. Bober
- First Published: 1981
- Time of Work: 1874–1963
- Setting: San Francisco, California; Lawrence, Massachusetts; Salem, Derry, Plymouth, and Franconia, New Hampshire; London, England; and South Shaftsbury and Ripton, Vermont
- Principal Characters: Robert Frost, William P. Frost, Isabelle Moodie Frost, Jeanie Frost, Elinor White Frost, Lesley, Carol, Irma
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Family or family life, Nature, Authors or writers, Rural or country life, Poetry or poets, Writing, Farms, farmers, or farming, Biography
- Locales: London, England, San Francisco, CA, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont
Form and Content
Natalie S. Bober’s A Restless Spirit: The Story of Robert Frost examines the poet’s life in chronological order. From Frost’s birth in San Francisco, California, on March 26, 1874, to his death in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 29, 1963, the story focuses on family matters and poetry—Frost’s two nearly exclusive and lifelong concerns; although the two were often in conflict, the poetry was always Frost’s primary passion. The story is told in sixteen chapters, each headed by a phrase or line from a poem selected for its relevance to that...
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