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Louisa May Alcott : the woman behind Little Women / Harriet Reisen.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating PS1018 .R45 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reisen, Harriet.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
- Alcott, Louisa May.
- Authors, American--19th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 362 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Henry Holt, [2009]
- Contents:
- 1 Fit for the Scuffle of Things 5
- 2 The Law of Might 18
- 3 The Topsey-Turvey Girl 32
- 4 Wild Exuberant Nature 44
- 5 Man in a Balloon 55
- 6 Transcendental Wild Oats 69
- 7 The Happiest Years of My Life 87
- 8 Heaven's So Far Away 107
- 9 The Independent Feeling 126
- 10 Nature Must Have a Vent 145
- 11 I've Often Longed to See a War 159
- 12 Where Glory Waited 178
- 13 A Little Romance 190
- 14 We Really Lived Most of It 203
- 15 Happy Before I Die 226
- 16 Success 240
- 17 The Cream of Things 256
- 18 More Courage and Patience 275.
- Notes:
- "A John Macrae book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-341) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780805082999
- 0805082999
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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