If you are a fan of Louisa May Alcott, here’s a quick list of five books to enjoy. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott There’s no better place to start than by rereading the classic itself. Alcott’s novel features Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March living in the Civil War-era North while their aged father leaves home to join in the ranks. March by Geraldine Brooks Brooks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning novel takes Alcott’s original cast of characters and retells their story from Father March’s point of view, portraying his experiences away from his wife, daughters, and home while fighting as a soldier during the peak of the Civil War Civil War Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott
Less well known than her fiction, Sketches originally appeared under a pseudonym. The short volume features Alcott’s experiences while volunteering as a Civil War nurse in an army hospital in Washington, D. C. during the winter of 1862-1863.
Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson Matteson’s book won the Pulitzer Prize for biography and details the often fraught relationship between these two key American figures, Louisa changing the literary scene with her writings for children while her father, Bronson, joined forces with Emerson and Thoreau but faced repeated failure and ridicule for his ventures. Marmee & Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother by Eve LaPlante
NPR named Marmee & Louisa one of their Top Ten Books of 2012. Like Matteson, LaPlante scours primary resources to piece together the lives and relationship of these two influential American women, their strength, and their courage in the face of the Civil War.
Jactionary: Recommendations for Louisa May Alcott Fans
Less well known than her fiction, Sketches originally appeared under a pseudonym. The short volume features Alcott’s experiences while volunteering as a Civil War nurse in an army hospital in Washington, D. C. during the winter of 1862-1863.
Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson Matteson’s book won the Pulitzer Prize for biography and details the often fraught relationship between these two key American figures, Louisa changing the literary scene with her writings for children while her father, Bronson, joined forces with Emerson and Thoreau but faced repeated failure and ridicule for his ventures. Marmee & Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother by Eve LaPlante
NPR named Marmee & Louisa one of their Top Ten Books of 2012. Like Matteson, LaPlante scours primary resources to piece together the lives and relationship of these two influential American women, their strength, and their courage in the face of the Civil War.