| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
239 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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age Children |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-229) and index. |
| Summary |
A biography of Louisa May Alcott that traces the influence of her family life on her works. |
| Contents |
The young hoper -- " ... just the friend I needed" -- Passionate Puritans -- " ... a crass crying brown baby" -- "I will kindle a fire for the mind" -- "This is the winter of y discontent" -- "The newness" -- The consociate family -- "Diaries of a wilful child" -- "My girls shall have trades" -- "Half-writ poems, stores wild ..." -- "I've begun to live" -- "Apple slump" -- "The blood of the Mays is up!" -- "The air is bad enough to breed a pestilence" -- "For a fortnight I hardly ate, slept or stirred" -- Little women -- "The Miss Alcott" -- "Hints of a woman early old" -- "A woman in a lonely home" -- "Brave music." |
| Provenance |
Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo. |
| Subject |
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 -- Juvenile literature.
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Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. |
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Authors, American. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0027477053 |
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9780027477054 |
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