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LaPlante, Eve.
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Book |
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
Alcott, Abba May, 1800-1877
Alcott, Louisa May,1832-1888 -- Family.
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English |
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New York : Free Press, 2012. |
| Description: |
ix, 368 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map, geneal. table ; 25 cm. |
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9781451620665 : 1451620667 : |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| 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. |