"As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough - I wrote faster than I would write a letter - two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it."

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About Helen Hunt Jackson

Helen Hunt Jackson was an American poet and writer known for the novel Ramona and her advocacy for Native American rights. Her nonfiction work A Century of Dishonor criticized U.S. policy toward Native peoples.

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