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Hospital sketches / by Louisa May Alcott ; edited with an introduction by Alice Fahs.
- Title
- Hospital sketches / by Louisa May Alcott ; edited with an introduction by Alice Fahs.
- Author
- Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
- Publication
- Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS1017 .H79 2004 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 138 p. : ill, ports.; 18 cm.
- Summary
- An account of Alcott's stint as a nurse for wounded soldiers in Washington, D. C. during the winter of 1862-1863.-- preface.
- Series Statement
- Bedford series in history and culture
- Uniform Title
- Bedford series in history and culture
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Personal Narrative
- Biographies
- History
- Personal narratives
- Note
- Originally published: Boston : J. Redpath, 1863.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-131) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0312260288 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 9780312260286
- OCLC
- 53710936
- SCSB-11924277
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library