Hospital sketches / by Louisa May Alcott ; edited with an introduction by Alice Fahs.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.; Fahs, Alice.; Cairns Collection of American Women Writers.
2004
PS1017 .H79 2004 (Mapit)
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Title Hospital sketches / by Louisa May Alcott ; edited with an introduction by Alice Fahs.
Author Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
ISBN 0312260288
9780312260286
Published Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2004]
Language English
Description xiii, 138 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm.
Call Number PS1017 .H79 2004
Note Originally published: Boston : J. Redpath, 1863.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-131) and index.
Added Author Fahs, Alice.
Added Corporate Author Cairns Collection of American Women Writers.
Series Bedford series in history and culture.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Introduction: Louisa May Alcott's Civil War
The Alcott Family
The struggle for work
Alcott's early literary career
The coming of war
Becoming a nurse
Battle of Fredericksburg
Hospital life and medical care
The creation of Hospital Sketches
Alcott's literary style
Claiming a place for women in the war effort
The social landscape of the hospital
Hospital Sketches and the meanings of the Civil War
Notes
Hospital Sketches, by Louisa May Alcott
Obtaining supplies
A forward movement
A day
A night
Off duty
A postscript
Chronology of Louisa May Alcott's Life (1830-1888)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography.

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