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University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright © 2005 by the University of Iowa Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America http://www.uiowa.edu/uiowapress [Louisa May Alcott in the Early 1860s], [A Visit to the Alcotts in 1864], and [A Visit with Anna Alcott Pratt] are taken from Joel Myerson and Daniel Shealy, “Three Contemporary Accounts of Louisa May Alcott, with Glimpses of Other Concord Notables,” New England Quarterly 59 (March 1986), copyright © 1986 by New England Quarterly. [Memories of the Alcott Family] (1922) is taken from Julian Hawthorne, “The Woman Who Wrote Little Women,” Ladies Home Journal 39 (1922), copyright © 1922 by Ladies Home Journal. [Memories of the Alcott Family] (1932) is taken from Julian Hawthorne, “By One Who Knew Her,” New York Times Magazine (27 November 1932), copyright © 1932 by New York Times. “Louisa May Alcott: By the Original ‘Goldilocks,’” is taken from Maude Appleton McDowell, “Louisa May Alcott: By the Original ‘Goldilocks,’” St. Nicholas 64 (November 1936), copyright© 1936 by Scribners. “Glimpses of the Real Louisa May Alcott” is taken from Marion Talbot, “Glimpses of the Real Louisa May Alcott,” New England Quarterly 11 (December 1938), copyright © 1938 by New England Quarterly. Letter from Lydia Maria Child to Sarah Shaw is from p. 535 of Lydia Maria Child: Selected Letters, 1817–1880, ed. Milton Meltzer, Patricia G. Holland, and Francine Krasno, copyright © 1982, by University of Massachusetts Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission. “Miss Clara and Her Friend, Louisa” is taken from Nina Ames Fry, “Miss Clara and Her Friend, Louisa,” Yankee 24 (December 1960), copyright © 1960 Yankee Publishing. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of material used in this book. The publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach. Printed on acid-free paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Alcott in her own time: a biographical chronicle of her life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates / edited by Daniel Shealy. p. cm.—(Writers in their own time) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. isbn 0-87745-937-1 (cloth), isbn 0-87745-938-x (pbk.) 1. Alcott, Louisa May, 1832–1888. 2. Authors, American—19th century—Biography. I. Shealy, Daniel. II. Writers in their own time (University of Iowa Press). ps1018.a53 2005 813⬘.4—dc22 [b] 2004058859 05 06 07 08 09 c 5 4 3 2 1 05 06 07 08 09 p 5 4 3 2 1 ...

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