Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott is a biographical book written by Shepard Odell. It chronicles the life of Bronson Alcott, a 19th century American philosopher, teacher, and social reformer. The book covers Alcott's early life, his involvement in the Transcendentalist movement, his educational experiments, his relationship with his daughter Louisa May Alcott (author of Little Women), and his later years as a lecturer and writer. The title...