Duty's Faithful Child:
A Visit With Louisa May Alcott
History Alive !
A Vermont Humanities Council Event
Famous as the author of Little Women and other books for young people, Louisa May Alcott was herself a fascinating character. Her life was formed in the intellectual and philosophical hotbed of 19th-century Concord, Massachusetts, home of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and her own philosopher father, Amos Bronson Alcott. Jeanne Austin draws on the life and writings of this remarkable woman, shaping them into an exciting and educational living history experience.
This program is free and
open to the public. For more information, please call 885-3108.