BBC Radio Show on Louisa May Alcott

Feb 7
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The BBC had a radio show this morning on Louisa May Alcott’s experience at The Fruitlands In Harvard, MA. Her father, Bronson Alcott, had set up a transcendentalist community there in the 1840s. His community failed, and people laughed at his plight. But to me he was anything but a failure. I so admire his attempts to live by his principles and to improve society, even at his own peril. This morning‘s radio show was called “Transcendental Wild Oats” and is worth a listen if you can still access it. There is also an upcoming talk on 2/10 about The Fruitlands (Let Genius Burn podcast).

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