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The Glory Cloak: A Novel of Louisa May Alcott and Clara Barton; by Patricia O'Brien

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From: The Beacon Hill Times
Date: 20040601
Author:Anonymous

Historians -- whether student or professional -- are among my favorite people. Whatever the conversation, they just always seem to have a superb take on the human heart. But I must admit I've wondered sometimes if they can enjoy a good historical novel as much as they might, given that they already know "the truth."

Patrician O'Brien's Civil War novel, starring author Louisa May Alcott, humanitarian Clara Barton, and one Susan Gray, a distant Alcott "cousin" (Louisa's childhood friend) may be a case in point. Springing largely from the real-life discovery in 1997 of Barton's "Missing ...

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