{"product_id":"civil-war-hospital-sketches-louisa-may-alcott-9780486449005","title":"Civil War Hospital Sketches","description":"Before her wider fame as the author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Women, \u003c\/i\u003e Louisa May Alcott achieved recognition for her accounts of her work as a volunteer nurse in an army hospital. Written during the winter of 1862-63, her lively dispatches appeared in the newspaper \u003ci\u003eCommonwealth, \u003c\/i\u003e where they were eagerly read by soldiers' friends and families. Then, as now, these chronicles revealed the desperate realities of battlefield medicine as well as the tentative first steps of women in military service. \u003cbr\u003e Writing under a pseudonym, Alcott recounted the vicissitudes of her two-day journey from her home in Concord, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C. A fiery baptism in the practice of nursing awaited her at Washington Hospital, where she arrived immediately after the slaughter of the Army of the Potomac at the battle of Fredericksburg. Alcott's rapidly paced prose graphically depicts the facts of hospital life, deftly balancing pathos with gentle humor. A vivid and truthful portrait of an often overlooked aspect of the Civil War, this book remains among the most illuminating reports of the era's medical practices as well as a moving testimonial to the war's human cost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louisa May Alcott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0486449009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486449005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.44w x 0.24d","brand":"Louisa May Alcott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043288346879,"sku":"9780486449005","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9678ca56-eec6-4b91-8c43-50f4defc15aa.jpg?v=1684966299","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/civil-war-hospital-sketches-louisa-may-alcott-9780486449005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}