12. Ibid., p. 209.
13. May Alcott to L. M. Alcott, Houghton Library correspondence of May Alcott, as quoted in Saxton, Louisa May Alcott, p. 348.
14. Journals of Louisa May Alcott, p. 214.
15. Ibid., p. 218.
10: LULU. 1880–1888
1. Journals of Louisa May Alcott, p. 223.
2. The Selected Letters of Louisa May Alcott, ed. Myerson, Shealy, Stern. Letter to Bronson, November 10, 1880, p. 250.
3. Journals of Louisa May Alcott, p. 235.
4. Ibid., p. 237nn.
5. Ibid., p. 237.
6. Saxton, Louisa May Alcott, p. 368.
7. Journals of Louisa May Alcott, p. 244.
8. Robert Peel, Christian Science: Its Encounter with American Culture (New York: Holt, 1958), p. 52.
9. Ibid., p. 101.
10. Mark Twain, Christian Science (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), p. 211.
11. Saxton, Louisa May Alcott, p. 370.
12. Journals of Louisa May Alcott, p. 262.
13. Ibid., p. 287.
14. Ibid., p. 327.
15. Ibid., p. 333.
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Index
Abenaki Indians, 41–42
abolition, 19, 25, 31–32, 37–38, 40–43, 64, 82�
��83, 90, 95–97, 107, 126, 127–29, 135, 162, 195
Acton, John, Lord, 25
Adams, John Quincy, 6–7
affinities, doctrine of, 168–69
African Americans, 19, 25, 31–32, 37–38, 40–43, 82–83, 94–97, 126–29, 177, 196, 209
agrarianism, 67–68, 76–77, 90, 91, 106, 208–9
Alcott, Abigail May (“Abba” or “Abby”) (LMA’s mother):
background of, 10–12
biographies of, 62–63, 69–70
birthday of, 141
in Boston, 10–32, 58–59, 87–88
as charity mission director, 90–91, 92, 97, 98, 106
in Concord, 32–38, 59, 75–76, 116, 117, 232–33
correspondence of, 43, 53–54, 70–71, 74–75
courtship of, 10, 11–13
death of, 232–33, 239
diary of, 12
at Fruitlands, 60–74, 98
health of, 4, 43–44, 130, 190, 232
inheritance of, 45, 58, 79, 87
journals of, 27–28, 55, 98, 241
LMA’s relationship with, 43, 59–60, 78, 80, 97, 98, 100, 121, 123, 138, 189, 192, 232–33, 253
marriage of, 11–13, 27–28, 44–45, 56, 57, 58–59, 62–63, 68–72, 87, 88, 99, 110, 114, 232, 233
as mother, xii, xiii, 3, 8, 16, 43–44, 53, 57, 58–59, 65, 99, 100, 120, 121, 123, 141, 202
personality of, 11, 17, 23, 24, 27–28, 56, 68–72, 97, 98, 106, 110, 120
as seamstress, 74, 87
sexuality of, 68–72
in Still River, 73–76, 98
in Walpole, 119
Alcott, A. Bronson (LMA’s father):
as abolitionist, 31–32, 37–38, 82–83, 96, 128
background of, 8–10, 18–19, 43, 45
biographies of, 62–63, 69, 72, 93, 112–13, 171
in Boston, 6–8, 10–32, 53–54, 55, 60, 87–88, 106, 109, 111, 252–53
in Cleveland, 110
in Concord, 19, 33–38, 75–80, 116–17, 120, 121, 122, 125, 193–94, 235, 236, 244, 249–50
Alcott, A. Bronson (cont.)
Concord School of Philosophy established by, 236, 244, 249–50
Conversations delivered by, 29–31, 48–50, 83, 87–88, 93, 99, 110, 119–20, 161, 205
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