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

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

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Bibliographic Details
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
Subject:	Alcott, Louisa May, -- 1832-1888 -- Family. Alcott, Louisa May, -- 1832-1888 Families. Mothers and daughters. Biographies.
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.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. A Good Child, but Willful
2. Drawing Toward Some Ideal Friend
3. Humiliating Dependence
4. Sacrifices Must Be Made
5. This Sharp Sorrow
6. Looking to My Daughter's Labors
7. To Drag Life's Lengthening Chain
8. The Best Woman in the World
9. Mother, Is It You?
10. A Dead, Decaying Thing
11. Left to Dig or Die
12. Paddle My Own Canoe
13. The Bitter Drop in This Cup
14. From May to March
15. Welcome to My Fortune
16. Thou Excellest Them All
17. Stay By, Louie
Conclusion: I Believe in Dreams
Exploring the America of Abigail & Louisa May Alcott
Genealogy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index