Check out this industrious teenager! Theresa Schafer, a midwest 10th grade student, has developed a one woman play highlighting the life of Amos Bronson Alcott and his contributions to education. Teresa plays Louisa and has done exhaustive research on her subject using primary sources. She aims to show how one person can make a difference. …
An interview with Amy Belding Brown, author of Mr. Emerson’s Wife
1. What inspired you to write a fictional account of Lidian and Waldo Emerson? It took me a long time to decide to write a nocel about Lidian and Waldo.Ā At first, I just had a lot of questions about Lidian, especially about why she was relatively absent from so many biographies of her husband, …
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How well do you know Little Women?
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Rediscovering the late Madelon Bedell, author of The Alcotts Biography of a Family
I just ordered a bunch of new books and needed to rearrange my book shelves to get everything to fit. In the midst of the rearranging, I pulled out my copy of The Alcotts Biography of a Family and discovered a promotional photo of the author, Madelon Bedell, and an interview released by the publisherās …
Tidbits of news, and beginning a trip to Fruitlands
Just heard some awesome news from Jan Turnquist at Orchard House - the long missing papers of Madelon Bedell are now safely ensconced at Orchard House. As mentioned in yesterday's post, Bedell wrote a scholarly work entitled The Alcotts Biography of a Family; it was supposed to have been in 2 volumes but sadly, Bedell …
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Meeting Amy Belding Brown, author of “Mr. Emerson’s Wife”
I had the privilege yesterday of meeting author Amy Belding Brown who as you know, wrote the historical novel, Mr. Emersonās Wife , based upon the lives of Waldo and Lidian Emerson and their relationships with Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and other famous Transcendentalists. Sharing lattes together at a local cafe/country store, Amy and …
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Final Thoughts on “Mr. Emerson’s Wife”
Reading the last few words, I slowly closed Mr. Emersonās Wife and felt a welling up inside of emotion. I was so tied to the character of Lidian Jackson Emerson that I felt they were her emotions too. This is how Amy Belding Brown's book hit me. I lived inside of Mr. Emerson's Wife for …
Highlights from “Mr. Emerson’s Wife”
Mr. Emersonās Wife by Amy Belding Brown has really caught my imagination. I find myself living it in my head when I'm not reading it and I don't recall a book having done that to me before. What's really funny is that there are several things going on in my life that relate in some …
Remembering Elizabeth Taylor as Amy
I'm not normally into celebrities but I did shed a tear today when I found out Elizabeth Taylor had passed away. She had suffered a long time from a long list of ailments but she had an incredible spirit. Definitely larger than life. It seemed appropriate today to remember her performance as Amy in the …
Check out the new “Events” page on this site
I have started a page for Events related to Louisa May Alcott. The page will contain the location, date, brief description of the event and a link to the website where I found the event, for more details. One exception I am making is that I am not going out of my way to list …
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Louisa May Alcott is My Passion 