Louisa May Alcott
Subtitle: a personal biography
By: Susan Cheever
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Thorndike Press large print biography; Thorndike Press large print biography series
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Format: Text (large print)
Number of pages: 481
ISBN-13: 9781410435521
Subjects: Large type books; American Authors; Biography
Description: Susan Cheever's comprehensive and definitive biography sheds new light on of life of Louisa May Alcott, whose work has inspired generations of women. Cheever laces this provocative biography with musings on the genesis of genius, and her identification with Jo March when she was a rebellious girl in the throes of puberty.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-477).
Table of contents: title: A trip to Concord; title: Trailing clouds of glory, 1832-1849; title: Concord : Louisa in exile, 1840-1843; title: Fruitlands : Family in crisis, 1843-1848; title: Boston : "Stick to your teaching", 1848-1858; title: Orchard House, 1858-1862; title: Fredericksburg : At the Union Hospital, 1863-1865; title: The writer, 1861-1867; title: Little women, 1868-1872; title: Success, 1873-1880; title: Lulu, 1880-1888.