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Marmee and Louisa |
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New York : Free Press, 2012. |
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1st Free Press hardcover ed. |
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9781451620665 1451620667 |
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929.2 Alcott LAP |
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ix, 368 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map, geneal. table ; 25 cm. |
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Women authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- 19th century.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 -- Family.
Alcott, Abba May, 1800-1877.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
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