Marmee & Louisa
Subtitle: the untold story of Louisa May Alcott and her mother
By: by Eve LaPlante
Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9781451620665
Subjects: Family
Description: The author argues that Louisa's "Marmee," Abigail May Alcott, was in fact the intellectual and emotional center of her daughter's world--exploding the myth that her outspoken idealist father was the source of her progressive thinking and remarkable independence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.