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Author Cheever, Susan.

Title Louisa May Alcott / Susan Cheever.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 ALCOTT    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY ALCOTT    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO ALCOTT    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B ALCOTT LOUISA MAY    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  813.4 ALCOTT CHE    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B ALCOTT    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B ALCOTT, LOUISA    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  B ALCOTT CHE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY    Check Shelf

Edition First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
Description xv, 298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Preface: a trip to Concord -- Trailing clouds of glory. 1832-1839 -- Concord. Louisa in exile. 1840-1843 -- Fruitlands. Family in crisis. 1843-1848 -- Boston. "Stick to your teaching." 1848-1858 -- Orchard House. 1858-1862 -- Fredericksburg. At the Union Hospital. 1863-1865 -- The writer. 1861-1867 -- Little women. 1868-1872 -- Success. 1873-1880 -- Lulu. 1880-1888.
Summary Susan Cheever's comprehensive and definitive biography sheds new light on the 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-278) and index.
Subject Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
ISBN 9781416569916 hardcover
141656991X hardcover
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