Louisa May Alcott HOSPITAL SKETCHES by Louisa May Alcott (Original Classic Editions) Louisa May Alcott Books, Alcott, Louisa May

Hospital Sketches (1863) is a compilation of four sketches based on letters Louisa May Alcott sent home during the six weeks she spent as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army during the American Civil War in Georgetown.
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Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Louisa May Alcott is famous for the novel, "Little Women." Her father, Amos Bronson Alcott was an important (and controversial) man of the time.

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