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4) Little women
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...
Author
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"One of America's leading authorities on Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane combine analyses of both women to explore their collaborative process and how their books reflect the authors' view of place, time, and culture, expanding the critical discussion of Wilder and Lane beyond the Little house"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 156
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Here, in one authoritative Library of America volume, are all three of the beloved ''Little Woman'' books as Louisa May Alcott wrote them, with original engravings.
10) The pilots
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A novel told through a collection of vignettes follows the adventures of boyhood friends who take different military paths, a combat-weary flight surgeon, a captain with a troubled past, and a woman who affects all of them.
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books / Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Many girls in elementary and middle school fall in love with the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. What they don't always realize is that Wilder's books are autobiographical. This narrative biography describes more of the details of the young Laura's real life as a young pioneer homesteading with her family on many adventurous journeys. This biography, complete with charming illustrations, points out the differences between the fictional...