Author Review — Louisa May Alcott, Part Two

Posted on October 28, 2006 by Tristi Pinkston

Thank you for joining us for part two of this author review. If you missed part one, click here. The Civil War hit. Louisa wished she could be a boy so she could go out and fight, but had to settle for being a nurse. The conditions in the Army hospital were appalling, and she contracted typhoid only after a month of being out. She hated to leave, but she was so ill, she had no choice. Her hair was cut off during her sickness, long hair that reached down to her ankles. Her emotions about this fueled the scene … Continue reading →

Author Review — Louisa May Alcott

Posted on October 27, 2006 by Tristi Pinkston

Most of my information for this author review comes from the book “Invincible Louisa” by Cornelia Meigs. I began reading it for a book review, then realized that it would best be suited to a review of Louisa herself. Louisa was born in 1832 to parents Abba May and Bronson Alcott. Bronson was a peculiar man; very intellectual, very interested in things of the spirit and religion, but he had a difficult time holding down a job. For a while before he was married, he worked as a traveling peddler, going from house to house all over the countryside selling … Continue reading →