The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn was born on the twenty- seventh of June, in the year 1850. He wasa native of the Ionian Isles, the place of his birth being the Island of Santa Maura, which is commonly called in modern Greek Levkas, or Lefcada, a corruption ofthe name of the old Leucadia, which was famous as the place of Sappho'sselfdestruction. This island is separated from the western coast of Greece by anarrow strait; the neck of land which joined it to the mainland having been cutthrough by the Corinthians seven centuries before Christ. To this day it remainsdeeply wooded, and scantily populated, with sparse vineyards and olive grovesclinging to the steep sides of the mountains overlooking the blue Ionian sea. The child Lafcadio may have...Elizabeth Bisland Wetmore was an American journalist and author, perhaps best known for her 1889-1890 race around the world against Nellie Bly, which drew worldwide attention.

• | Author: Elizabeth Bisland
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: December 31, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 286 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1673575528
• | ISBN-13: 9781673575521