Fruitlands: The Alcott Family and Their Search for Utopia

by Richard Francis

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The fascinating story of Bronson Alcott's utopian experiment

This is the first definitive account of Fruitlands, one of history's most unsuccessful--but most significant--utopian experiments. It was established in Massachusetts in 1843 by Bronson Alcott (whose ten-year-old daughter Louisa May, future author of Little Women, was among the members) and an Englishman called Charles Lane, under the watchful gaze of Emerson, Thoreau,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300177909

ISBN13:9780300177909

Release Date:October 2011

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:344 Pages

Weight:1.16 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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19th Century Arts & Literature Authors Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Philosophers

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