Louisa May Alcott’s unknown thrillers reissued
New book presents four “novelettes” written under A M Barnard, reprinted after 100 years. Madeleine Stern led research with Leona Rostenberg, tracing publications such as The Flag of Our Union and Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. The tales reveal a feminist edge, strong female protagonists, and Alcott's anger at male power alongside her famed Little Women.
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New York
Caps
Louisa May Alcott
Madeleine Stern
Mcatt
Carroll Atwood Wilson
Susan Bo Anthony
Miss Stern
Miss Alcott
Umbrella fashion rides rain to designer status
Designers shower rainwear with artful umbrellas. Mespo partners George Meissner note prints dominate, while Calvin Klein Oscar de la Renta and Polan Katz unveil fabrics and motifs from can-can canopies to Noahs Ark themed pieces. AAA Umbrellas handles mass production.
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Mespo
George Meissner
Bedford Louyvesant
Pierre Cardin
Calvin Klein
Oscar de la Renta
Gibson Girl
Little Lulu
Raggedy Ann
Polan Katz
Toulouse Lautrec
George Washington
AAA Umbrellas
Stan Graff
Special 110year old doll wins Miami prize lineage
Charlotte the china doll, now 110, keeps winning Miami family doll shows since 1941. The tale links a Charleston plantation curl trade in 1865 to a keepsake passed through generations from Mattie to Wanda to Cara, who now proudly earned first prize with Charlotte.
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Charlotte
Miami
A.J. von Punk
West Miami
Legion Park
von Funks
Charleston, S.C
Mattie
Wanda
Wanda Evanson
Cara
Win
Louisa May Alcott Dies at 56 in Boston
Miss Alcott died in 1886 of cancer in Boston at age 56. The author of Little Women remains widely read with reprints in many languages. Behind a Mask reveals unknown thrillers by Alcott, published by William Morrow & Co.
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Louisa Mas Alcott
A. M. Barnard
Miss Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
William Morrow & Co
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Dorothy Gaiter
Knight Newspapers
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Great Lakes Mall
Southgate
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Carnegie
Richmond Mall
Massillon
Midway Mall
Painesville
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C.H. Merthe Co
Broad St
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Ohio
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