Hospital Sketches illustration

Louisa May Alcott's letters home as a Civil War nurse were later published as Hospital Sketches, her first modest success. Photo courtesy of Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House/ L. M. A. Memorial Association.

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Hospital Sketches illustration

Louisa May Alcott’s letters home as a Civil War nurse were later published as Hospital Sketches, her first modest success. Photo courtesy of Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House/
L. M. A. Memorial Association.

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