Eden's Outcasts The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father

Name: Eden's Outcasts The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father
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ISBN: 9780393333596

ISBN-10: 0393333590

ISBN-13: 9780393333596

Edition: 2009

Authors: John Matteson

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Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Biography: "An amazing story [told] with clarity and intelligence...colorful and insightful."--Martin Rubin,Los Angeles Times Louisa May Alcott is known universally. Yet during Louisa's youth, the famous Alcott was her father, Bronson--an eminent teacher and a friend of Emerson and Thoreau. He desired perfection, for the world and from his family. Louisa challenged him with her mercurial moods and yearnings for money and fame. The other prize she deeply coveted--her father's understanding--seemed hardest to win. This story of Bronson and Louisa's tense yet loving relationship adds dimensions to Louisa's life, her work, and the relationships of fathers…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/17/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English