Hospital sketches, Louisa May Alcott
Type
Label
Hospital sketches, Louisa May Alcott
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Hospital sketches
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Louisa May Alcott
Summary
During the Civil War, Alcott worked as a nurse in Washington D.C. In this fascinating portrait of the early days of Army nursing, comprised of four sketches based on her letters, Alcott describes her decision to become a nurse, her experiences, her job at the hospital, her illness at the hospital, and her return home
Target audience
adult
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Contributor
Subject
- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- Electronic books
- Nurses -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals
- Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals
- Women authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
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- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- Electronic books
- Nurses -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals
- Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals
- Women authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
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