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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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.
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Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● Seiten 182 ● ISBN 9781411458611 ● Dateigröße 0.2 MB ● Alter 99-17 Jahre ● Verlag Barnes & Noble ● Erscheinungsjahr 2011 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 5864213 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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