Hospital Sketches

by Louisa May Alcott

Overview

The first book that drew attention to Louisa May Alcott's writing was her vivid account of her own personal experiences as a nurse during the Civil War.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940000094921
Publisher:	ebooksonthe.net
Publication date:	11/01/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	222 KB

About the Author

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Little Women is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters.