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Eden's outcasts the story of Louisa May Alcott and her father

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 an...

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Main Author: Matteson, John
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, c2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Alcott, Louisa May, > 1832-1888 > Family.
Authors, American > Family relationships.
Fathers and daughters > United States > Biography.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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".

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