Marmee & Louisa : the untold story of Louisa May Alcott and her mother /

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Author / Creator:LaPlante, Eve.
Edition:1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Imprint:New York : Free Press, 2012.
Description:ix, 368 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8949186
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Varying Form of Title:Marmee and Louisa
ISBN:9781451620665
1451620667
9781451620689 (ebook)
1451620683 (ebook)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-355) and index.
Summary:The author argues that Louisa's "Marmee," Abigail May Alcott, was in fact the intellectual and emotional center of her daughter's world--exploding the myth that her outspoken idealist father was the source of her progressive thinking and remarkable independence.