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Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott

"Hospital Sketches" by Louisa May Alcott is a compilation of four sketches published in 1863, based on her six weeks as a volunteer Civil War nurse. Through her fictional narrator Tribulation Periwinkle, Alcott chronicles her journey to Georgetown and her experiences tending wounded soldiers from the Battle of Fredericksburg. These vivid letters, written on makeshift surfaces between patient care, captured both the hardships of wartime nursing and moments of unexpected humor, launching Alcott to overnight literary success before she wrote "Little Women." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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Author Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
Title Hospital Sketches
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_Sketches
Reading Level Reading ease score: 64.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865)
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Subject Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 -- Career in nursing
Subject Military nursing -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Subject Nurses -- United States -- Biography
Subject Military hospitals -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
Subject Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
Subject Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
Category Text
eBook-No. 3837
Release Date
Last Update Jan 9, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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