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EDEN'S OUTCASTS HAS BEEN AWARDED THE 2008 PULITZER BIOGRAPHY PRIZE.
"I figured, three prank phone calls on the same subject in the same day? It just couldn't be!...I am just beside myself with joy."
John Matteson

Louisa May Alcott's name is known universally. Yet, during her youth, the famous Alcott was her father, Bronson—an eminent teacher, lecturer and admired friend of Emerson and Thoreau.
This story of their tense yet loving relationship adds dimensions to Alcott's life, her work and the relationships of fathers and daughters.

"The story of Louisa's life has been told frequently, but Matteson's well-structured account...is engrossing."
Times Literary Supplement

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January 2008 • £19.99 • ISBN 978 0 393 05964 9 • 497pp • 156 x 235mm • 26 illustrations