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Louisa May Alcott is my historic figure whom I chosen for my I Am person. She is one of my favorite author and knew her since I have read one of her books called, "Little Women". By reading it I learned that the story of the book was actually based on real experiences Louisa went through in her child hood, and the characters that are part of the story is based on real personalities of her three sisters and herself. Like other readers the book charmed many people by its genuine story of every day life. I want to know more about Louisa's other popular novels beyond Little Women, and I want to know how she had the idea and the oppurtunity to write such american classic. As I researched for such information, questions popped in my mind such as; "If Little Women was based on the real life of Louisa, why did she mention herself as having a husband. Did she have a desire to marry even though she was a widow?". I guess that Louisa had wanted to build her own family but was not able to by the huge responsibility she had of taking care of her dead sister's children. I have learned that she spent the rest of her life raising her nephews and nieces, and have experieced love before in her teens. By this I bet that she did not have the chance to raise her own child. She even wrote a sequel named, "Jo's Boys" that contains a story of her own imaginary family.

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 * Why did Louisa May Alcott attend as a Civil War nurse even though she had the risk of getting typhoid fever, the same sickness that killed her sister?**

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> [|Louisa May Alcott and Her Life, Letters, and Journals] > [|"A Day" from Hospital Sketches>] [|Little Women] > [|Good Wives - Introduction] > [|Louisa May Alcott's Diary at Fruitlands - Questia] > [|Potrait|Potrait of Louisa May Alcott]
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Life and Works of Louisa May Alcott [|Orchard House - Home of Alcotts] [|Louisa May Alcott - Biography and Works] > [|BBC Radio - Louisa May Alcott>]
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