Title: The revelation of Louisa May
Description: Louisa May Alcott has problems--her mother is taking a job over a hundred miles away to earn some money, leaving to it to Louisa to care for the family, her father refuses to work for money, a fugitive slave is seeking refuge in their house, and a slave catcher has been murdered, making the Underground Railroad much more dangerous.

Louisa May Alcott has problems. A fugitive slave is seeking refuge in the Alcott house, and a slave catcher has arrived, making the Underground Railroad much more dangerous.
Subjects: Murder, Families, Underground Railroad, Juvenile fiction, Underground railroad, Family life, Slavery, Fugitive slaves, Fiction, History, Children's fiction, Alcott, louisa may, 1832-1888, fiction, Underground railroad, fiction, Massachusetts, fiction, Murder, fiction
Places: United States, Concord (Mass.), Massachusetts, Concord
People: Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
Time periods: 19th century