Transcendental Wild Oats: And Excerpts from the Fruitlands Diary
by Alcott, Louisa May
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG+: writing on FFEP, else clean, tight, unmarked/DJ VG: mild shelf wear, NOT clipped ($8.95)
- ISBN 10
- 0916782212
- ISBN 13
- 9780916782214
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Harvard, Massachussetts: Harvard Common Press, 1981. first thus. hardcover. Book VG+: writing on FFEP, else clean, tight, unmarked/DJ VG: mild shelf wear, NOT clipped ($8.95). J Streeter Fowke. 12mo 92pp. with introduction by William Henry Harrison. from front flap: "In a twilight drizzle, a large wagon bearing an ill-assorted load of visionaries, philosophers, and children approaches the red farmhouse where transcendental salvation lies: Fruitlands. True, the property boasts only about ten ancient apple tress, but the founders of this 1843 utopian commune firmly believe that "plenteous orchards were soon to be evoked from their inner consciousness." So begins Louisa May Alcott's light-hearted account of her girlhood year at Bronson Alcott's short-lived communal experiment. Transcendental Wild Oats satirizes the men whose ideas were to have come to fruition in the Fruitlands experiment, and pokes mild fun at the practical value of those ideas." #01675.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1612
- Title
- Transcendental Wild Oats
- Author
- Alcott, Louisa May
- Illustrator
- J Streeter Fowke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG+: writing on FFEP, else clean, tight, unmarked
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG: mild shelf wear, NOT clipped ($8.95)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first thus
- ISBN 10
- 0916782212
- ISBN 13
- 9780916782214
- Publisher
- Harvard Common Press
- Place of Publication
- Harvard, Massachussetts
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- satire, utopia, fiction, first edition, diary
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