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- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: american
- Born: December 10, 1830
- Died: May 15, 1886
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And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home.
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