Hospital Sketches

by Louisa May ALCOTT (1832 - 1888)

Chapter 01 - Obtaining Supplies

Hospital Sketches

Alcott in 1862 served as a nurse in Georgetown, D.C during the Civil War. She wrote home what she observed there. Those harrowing and sometimes humorous letters compiled make up Hospital Sketches. (Summary by Aaron Elliott)


Listen next episodes of Hospital Sketches:
Chapter 02 - A Foreward Movement , Chapter 03 - A Day , Chapter 04 - A Night , Chapter 05 - Off Duty , Chapter 06 - A Postscript