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Alcott (1832-88) came from a family of ardent social reformers that was part of a larger circle that included Emerson, Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller. In her excellent introduction, which comprises nearly one-third of this thin volume, Elbert (history and women's studies, SUNY at Binghamton) describes the inspirational but often threadbare childhood of Louisa, one of four daughters of Bronson and Abigail Alcott, as well as her emerging reformist sensibilities and her work as an abolitionist and Union nurse. Alcott's abolitionist writings, gathered here for the first time, comprise five pieces, the most powerful being a tale entitled "My Contraband," about two brothers, one a slave, the other his master. While not on a par with Alcott's major novels, this is a noteworthy?if at times overly didactic?collection by an author who was clearly ahead of her time. Highly recommended.?Diane Gardner Premo, SILS, SUNY at Buffalo
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Alcott (1832-88) came from a family of ardent social reformers that was part of a larger circle that included Emerson, Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller. In her excellent introduction, which comprises nearly one-third of this thin volume, Elbert (history and women's studies, SUNY at Binghamton) describes the inspirational but often threadbare childhood of Louisa, one of four daughters of Bronson and Abigail Alcott, as well as her emerging reformist sensibilities and her work as an abolitionist and Union nurse. Alcott's abolitionist writings, gathered here for the first time, comprise five pieces, the most powerful being a tale entitled "My Contraband," about two brothers, one a slave, the other his master. While not on a par with Alcott's major novels, this is a noteworthy?if at times overly didactic?collection by an author who was clearly ahead of her time. Highly recommended.?Diane Gardner Premo, SILS, SUNY at Buffalo
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- The Louisa May Alcott Encyclopedia: by Gregory Eiselein on 13 pages
- "Miscegenation": Making Race in America (New Cultural Studies) by Elise Lemire in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Portable Louisa May Alcott (Viking Portable Library) by Louisa May Alcott on page 4, and Back Matter
- To Live and Die: Collected Stories of the Civil War, 1861–1876 by Kathleen Diffley on page 23
- Post-Nationalist American Studies by John Carlos Rowe on page 197
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