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In Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, the March girls' father is only notable because his absence forces them to uncover strengths within themselves. Brooks takes on this absent father and tells his story.
Peter March is an idealist--a vegitarian Unitarian who firmly believes in both non-violence and abolition. He is also pretty naive and is horrified by the suffering and racism he observes (and has little power to combat) during his stint in the Union army as a chaplain. When he is sent to work ...more
Peter March is an idealist--a vegitarian Unitarian who firmly believes in both non-violence and abolition. He is also pretty naive and is horrified by the suffering and racism he observes (and has little power to combat) during his stint in the Union army as a chaplain. When he is sent to work ...more
I really liked this book. Written from the perspective of the dad in Little Women. The March Father recounts his time spent as a chaplin in the Union army, and then as a tutor for freed slaves before he becomes ill and is sent to the hospital in DC where Marmee has to leave her Little Women to go and tend him. His relationships between a former slave, Marmee (mainly via letters and recollections) are interesting, and become even more so during the two chapters where the book switches to Marmee’s
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I love this author's writing style. She tells great stories, but as with her other book Year of Wonders, the ending is always mediocure after the greatness of the rest of the book. Overall, I really liked it and loved the characters.
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