Hospital Sketches (Esprios Classics)

Hospital Sketches (1863) is a compilation of four sketches based on letters Louisa May Alcott sent home during the six weeks she spent as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army during the American Civil War in Georgetown. Tribulation Periwinkle opens the story by complaining, I want something to do. She dismisses suggestions to write a book, teach, get married, or start acting. When her younger brother suggests she go nurse the soldiers, she immediately responds, I will! After substantial hardship in trying to obtain a spot, she has further difficulty finding a place on the train. She then describes her travel through New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore en route to Washington DC.