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Raised among the New England Transcendentalists in Concord and Boston, Ms. Alcott grew up among some of the giants of American literature and history, including Emerson and Thoreau. However, her philosopher father Bronson Alcott was often unable to financially support his family, and Ms. Alcott devoted most of her life to giving her altruistic mother, her father and her sisters some financial security. During the Civil War, Ms. Alcott volunteered to nurse soldiers in Washington, D.C. but she became seriously ill after 6 weeks and never recovered her health, although that didn’t stop her from working 14 hour days, writing, writing, writing. After the first volume of Little Women was published, editors began soliciting her work and paying her much higher rates. She kept right on working and was able to realize her dream of supporting her family in comfort and assisting others. Published in 1889 a year after her death, Ms. Alcott’s letters and the journal supplemented with the editor’s comments form a virtual autobiography, which reflects her idealism, integrity, humor and practicality. Sadly, she had most of the letters she wrote to her family destroyed (she also edited her journal), but the letters from her European trip with her sister were inadvertently saved by her father and are delightful. “I am in the garret with my papers round me, and a pile of apples to eat while I write my journal, plan stories, and enjoy the patter of rain on the roof, in peace and quiet.” April 1855—age 22

When I remember with what buoyant heart, Midst war's alarms and woes of civil strife, In youthful eagerness thou didst depart, At peril of thy safety, peace, and life, To nurse the wounded soldier, swathe the dead,– How piercèd soon by fever's poisoned dart, And brought unconscious home, with wildered head, Thou ever since 'mid langour and dull pain, To conquer fortune, cherish kindred dear, Hast with grave studies vexed a sprightly brain, In myriad households kindled love and cheer, Ne'er from thyself by Fame's loud trump beguiled, Sounding in this and the farther hemisphere,– I press thee to my heart as Duty's faithful child.

When I remember with what buoyant heart, Midst war's alarms and woes of civil strife, In youthful eagerness thou didst depart, At peril of thy safety, peace, and life, To nurse the wounded soldier, swathe the dead,– How piercèd soon by fever's poisoned dart, And brought unconscious home, with wildered head, Thou ever since 'mid langour and dull pain, To conquer fortune, cherish kindred dear, Hast with grave studies vexed a sprightly brain, In myriad households kindled love and cheer, Ne'er from thyself by Fame's loud trump beguiled, Sounding in this and the farther hemisphere,– I press thee to my heart as Duty's faithful child.

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