Eden's outcasts : the story of Louisa May Alcott and her father / John Matteson.
Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2007.Description: x, 497 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780393059649 (hardcover)
- 0393059642 (hardcover)
- 818/.403 22
- PS1018 .M34 2007
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PS1017 .L66 1995 A long fatal love chase / | PS1017 .L68 1975 Louisa's wonder book : an unknown Alcott juvenile / | PS1017 .M6 1991 Moods / | PS1018 .M34 2007 Eden's outcasts : the story of Louisa May Alcott and her father / | PS1018 .R45 2009 Louisa May Alcott : the woman behind Little women / | PS1029 .A3 A3 Adrift in New York, and The world before him. | PS1039 .A368 A83 2006 An American girl, and her four years in a boys' college / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-470) and index.
Disgrace -- Beginnings -- A birthday in Germantown -- The temple school -- "Orpheus at the plough" -- The sowing of the seeds -- First fruits -- Lost illusions -- Father and daughter -- Destitution -- Orchard House -- War -- Shadows and sunlight -- Journeys east and west -- Miracles -- "The wise and beautiful truths of the father" -- "Come up with me".
The beloved author of Little Women was torn between pleasing her idealistic father and planting her feet in the material world. Now, Louisa May Alcott's name is known universally; yet, during her youth, the famous Alcott was her father, Bronson--an eminent teacher, lecturer, and friend of Emerson and Thoreau. Willful and exuberant, Louisa flew in the face of all her father's theories of child rearing. She, in turn, could not understand the frugal life Bronson preached, which reached its epitome in the failed utopian community of Fruitlands. In a family that insisted on self-denial and spiritual striving, Louisa dreamed of wealth and fame. At the same time, like most daughters, she wanted her father's approval. This story of their tense yet loving relationship adds dimensions to Louisa's life, her work, and the relationships of fathers and daughters.--From publisher description.
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