Jo's Boys (Annotated with Biography of Alcott and Plot Analysis)

by Louisa May Alcott, Golgotha Press

Overview

Jo’s Boys continues the story of many of the characters that appeared in Little Women and Little Men.  Jo and her husband Professor Bhaer are now running Laurence College, the funding of which was made possible by the estate of Old Mr. Laurence.  The institution supports the educational philosophy and practices evident in Little Men and reflects the ideas of Alcott and her father Amos Bronson Alcott, an educator and philosopher.  Laurence College is a post-secondary school where the students of Little Men are continuing their education.

This annotated edition includes a biography and critical essay.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012477972
Publisher:	Golgotha Press
Publication date:	05/21/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	247 KB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Little Women is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters.