Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women

by Reisen, Harriet

• ISBN13: 9780805082999
• ISBN10: 0805082999
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-27
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.

Summary

The first complete biography of the beloved author whose work has delighted millions of readers, "Louisa May Alcott" is a vivid, energetic account of the life of the creator of "Little Women"--a revelatory portrait that presents the popular author as she was and as she has never been seen before.

Author Biography

Harriet Reisen’s interest in Louisa May Alcott dates to her marathon reading of Alcott’s eight children’s novels during a rainy spell one childhood summer. Over the past twenty years, what began as an idea for a film biography of Alcott developed into a passion for the subject herself. A former fellow in screenwriting at the American Film Institute, Reisen has written dramatic and historical documentary scripts for PBS and HBO, and radio commentary for Morning Edition and Marketplace. She lives in Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Prologue: Behind a Mask	p. 1
Fit for the Scuffle of Things	p. 5
The Law of Might	p. 18
The Topsey-Turvey Girl	p. 32
Wild Exuberant Nature	p. 44
Man in a Balloon	p. 55
Transcendental Wild Oats	p. 69
The Happiest Years of My Life	p. 87
Heaven's So Far Away	p. 107
The Independent Feeling	p. 126
Nature Must Have a Vent	p. 145
I've Often Longed to See a War	p. 159
Where Glory Waited	p. 178
A Little Romance	p. 190
We Really Lived Most of It	p. 203
Happy Before I Die	p. 226
Success	p. 240
The Cream of Things	p. 256
More Courage and Patience	p. 275
Epilogue: How They Turned Out	p. 297
Notes	p. 303
Selected Bibliography	p. 337
Acknowledgments	p. 343
Index	p. 345
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