Monday, February 18, 2013

Louisa May Alcott

We are going to write about Louisa May Alcott, she's the writer of Little Women; we are reading this book this year.
We hope you enjoy our post.

Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown,Pennsylvania, on 29 November 1832.She had three sisters and she was the second.She grew up in Concord, Massachusetts.Her father was a philosopher and a teacher, and taught his daughters at home.

Some of he Alcott family friends were famous writers like Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

When Louisa was a young woman she worked as a governess, servant, teacher and writer to help her family.

Her first successful book was Little Women; here are some other books:
-Little Men   -Jo's Men    -Hospital Sketches   -Rose in bloom   -An Old-Fashioned Girl -Eight Cousins and collections of short stories.

She died in Boston 6 of March 1888 and is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cementery in Concord.


For more information visit this page:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_May_Alcott


By Paula V. and Toya C.

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