Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. Alcott's family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used pen names such as A. M. Barnard, under which she wrote lurid short stories and sensation novels for adults that focused on passion and revenge.Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. All her life she was active in such reform movements as temperance and women's suffrage. She died from a stroke in Boston on March 6, 1888, just two days after her father had died.
In 1871, at New Englands Plumfield School for Boys, Professor Bhaer and his wife Jo lovingly instruct, teach and care for all their boys. One day, a street orphan, Nat Blake, is sent to the school by a benefactor and quickly becomes part of the happy routine at the farmhouse school. The novel is considered to be the second book in an unofficial Little Women trilogy, which is completed with the novel Jos Boys and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to Little Men. This delightful classic by Louisa May Alcott is not only a must-read for children who are growing up but also for parents raising them.
