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 The following news stories are available on this Web site and are reprinted here with permission. Please do not reprint these articles without requesting permission from the appropriate parties.

Alcott Was Ahead of Her Time -- Author Began Writing to Help Support Family -- From the June 18, 1991 Tulsa World.

Literary Lights Shone in Four Historic Concord Houses -- Hartford Courant, September 12, 1993

Communal Life an Experiment -- Worcester Telegram and Gazette, January 29, 1995

Alcott Potboiler Has Interesting Subtext -- Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 8, 1995

Alcott's 'blood and thunder tales' -- The Washington Times, December 3, 1995

Alcott Scholar Riding Crest of Writer's Revival -- The Hartford Courant, May 31, 1996.

The following news stories are located elsewhere on the Web:

Little Women, Great Ideas -- A December 1994 visit to the Orchard House.

May 1, 1996 -- Joel Myerson and Daniel Shealy discover a lost Alcott manuscript.

On May 1, 1996, Joel Myerson was on the Online Newshour discussing the lost manuscript. Read the transcript here.

The Inside Story of Louisa May Alcott -- From the July '97 george jr. An early detractor of Louisa's was an editor who told her she couldn't write.

The Pen Names of LMA -- From the Scrap-Baggers.

Information on the Discovery of Old Alcott Manuscript -- From the New England Antiques Journal.

LMA Related to Princess Diana? -- That's the contention of this article from September 1, 1997 (though a very minor point, so don't go to this article expecting a big LMA/Princess Di analysis.)

LMA Manuscript fetches $4,500 -- From 2/98 Autograph Collector.

LMA and Hospital Sketches -- a 6/98 feature from Nurseweek
 

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