Applewood Books: Hospital Sketches (Paperback)

from countrylife

Ms. Alcott shares her experiences as a nurse in one of the Washington DC hospitals sprung up to care for the Civil War wounded. Giving her character the name Tribulation Periwinkle, nurse Periwinkle's observations become the Sketches. We see through her eyes the panorama of a young DC, the variou...

from Donna828

Tribulation Periwinkle (the fictitious Louisa May Alcott) dons her rose-colored glasses and embarks on a mission to aid the injured Civil War soldiers at Hurly-Burly House in Washington. When she wasn't washing men, changing bandages, serving food and drink, or providing comfort and cheer, Nurse ...

from thornton37814

Alcott's short book provides a glimpse into the life of a Civil War hospital in Washington, DC from the viewpoint of nurse Periwinkle (Alcott herself) who came from the Boston area. It shows a contrast between the way various hospitals were run. I loved her descriptions of the towns as she was tr...

from kidzdoc

A short novel based on Alcott's experiences as a volunteer nurse during the early days of the American Civil War, which described her humorous and moderately hellish journey from Massachusetts to Washington in order to care for Union soldiers seriously wounded in battle. Alcott does a fabulous jo...

from PhilSyphe

"Hospital Sketches" essentially reads as a tragic comedy. Here we have Louisa May Alcott's semi-autobiographical account of her times as a nurse and the events leading up to her securing her position at the hospital. I'd been in two minds whether to read this text for some time, thinking it would...