Louisa May Alcott is My Passion
Begun in 2010, this blog offers analysis and reflection by Susan Bailey on the life, works and legacy of Louisa May Alcott and her family. Susan is an active member and supporter of the Louisa May Alcott Society, the Fruitlands Museum and Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House.
I came across a new book with an interesting angle that includes several authors along with Louisa May Alcott. Iit's called American Writers at Home by J. D. McClatchy with photographcs by Erica Lennard. The Newstraitstime website summarized the book this way: A RATHER novel compilation of literary cribs, an exploration into how the physical …
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I'm finally an official member of the Louisa May Alcott Memorial Society located at Orchard House in Concord, MA, and I've proudly displayed my membership on the header of this blog. It's long overdue! This organization does such great work keeping the memory of Louisa and her family alive. Touring Orchard House is the stuff …
Harriet Reisen sent me a section from her book, Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women that nicely summarizes Drs. Hirschhorn and Greaves' article (see post): Chapter 17: āThe Cream of Things,ā (page 271 in hardback) āLouisa continued to believe Dr. Kaneās 1870 diagnosis, that mercury poisoning from calomel lay at the root of …
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How about this for exciting news?? Originally posted on the ALA website For Immediate Release Tue, 01/04/2011 - 14:12 Contact: Angela Thullen Public Programs Office (PPO) CHICAGO ā The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that 30 libraries will receive $2,500 grants to support five …
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Susan Cheever's book has now led me through Louisa's service in the Civil War and her battle with pneumonia and typhoid which resulted in high doses of calomel and subsequent mercury poisoning. Her service resulted in her finding her true voice as a writer, but at a terrible cost with regards to her health. She …
Be sure and check out 2 new videos I found in my travels which are posted on the Audio/Visual page of this blog: Interview with Harriet Reisen on her book and DVD, Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women I learned some new things watching this video and really loved Ms. Reisen's obvious passion …
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This is a little off-track, but then maybe not. I'm sure many of you heard in the news how Mark Twain's iconic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is being 'revised' by one publisher to remove all references to the 'N' word so that the novel can still be taught in schools. Here's an excerpt …
Our friend Jillian has written another beautiful post about Louisa May Alcott, this time reviewing Harriet Reisen's and book and DVD, Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women. Here's the link: http://jillianisreading.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/book-25-louisa-may-alcott-the-woman-behind-little-women-by-harriet-reisen/#comment-1781
To continue with my account ofĀ the field trip of a lifetime, there were many more treasures that I found at the Concord Free Public Library: A May Alcott Nieriker Exhibition Regular readers of this blog know of my esteem for May Alcott Nieriker. I discovered (first to my dismay and then to my delight) …
I have been anticipating my vacation between Christmas and New Year's for several months because of a very special field trip I planned - a visit to the Concord Free Public Library where I would come into contact with the actual letters and manuscripts of my favorite author, Louisa May Alcott. The weather was beautiful …
Louisa May Alcott is My Passion 