Louisa May Alcott

Hospital Sketches (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

During the Civil War, Alcott worked as a nurse in Washington D.C. In this fascinating portrait of the early days of Army nursing, comprised of four sketches based on her letters, Alcott describes her decision to become a nurse, her experiences, her job at the hospital, her illness at the hospital, and her return home.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Barnes & Noble
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781411458611
• Artikelnr.: 44908856

Autorenporträt

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American writer best known for her classic novel Little Women (1868-69), drawn from her own childhood. Personally educated by writers such as Emerson, Hawthorne, and Thoreau, she first gained literary success with Hospital Sketches (1863), based on her experiences as a nurse during the Civil War. Her writing often deals with women's issues in an honest, insightful manner.