About this title: Geraldine Brooks takes a very minor character from Louisa May Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN--Mr. March, the girls' preacher father--and makes him the main character in this Civil War novel. Serving as a chaplain with the Union army, March becomes a teacher on a plantation, where he meets up with Grace, a woman slave he knew years ago. Tormented by the scenes of cruelty and suffering he witnesses--and the casual racism of nearly everyone he encounters--March struggles to keep his ideals intact. Brooks based her vibrant and well-researched portrait of March partly on Bronson Alcott, the New England ...
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Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges and creases. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780670033355ISBN:0670033359
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 2005-03-03
ISBN-13:9780670033355ISBN:0670033359
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780143036661ISBN:0143036661
Description: Good. No Jacket. Book Seller # LR131, 5 inches by 7.75 inches, 280 pages. Minor wear mostly along the edges with one tear, a 1/8 inch tear at the bottom of the spine. The paperback binding is good and the interior pages are clean. NOT an Ex-Library copy. A novel by the author of Years of Wonders set in the first year of the Civil War. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Date Published: 2005-08-02
ISBN-13:9780786277988ISBN:078627798X
Description: Fair. Ex-library, with usual stickers, stamps, and markings. No dustjacket, Cover scuffed, some shelfwear, stamped "Discard". Large print edition. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 2005-03-03
ISBN-13:9780670033355ISBN:0670033359
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2006-01-31
ISBN-13:9780143036661ISBN:0143036661
Description: Good. Mild shelf wear; Mild bumping and wear to corners and spine ends; Mild spine slant; Tanning and mild soiling to page edges; Mild rubbing and wear to covers and spine; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
"I was pleasantly surprised by "March," by Geraldine Brooks. Not that I expected a Pulitzer prize winner to be a lousy read, by any means, but I think I was expecting something a little more heavy-handed. Instead I got a character study of a deeply naive Union chaplain whose eyes are opened to the horrors of war and to the entrenched racism of his country which extended even throughout the North. It also was a treat to see the beloved characters of "Little Women" painted once more, this time from a father's perspective. Marmee also gets a new examination, as an abolitionist who still struggles with her own prejudices despite her good intentions.
Highly recommended."
"This story gave a really interesting portrayal of a part of the Civil War we don't hear a lot about. The author takes liberties with the character of Mr. March whom she compares to Louis May Alcott's own father. It was a quick read and was really interesting but I'm still trying to figure out if I like the fact that Ms. Brooks took such a beloved and classic American book and turned a character from it into something more than Alcott meant for him to become."
"I struggled with whether to give this book 3 or 4 stars. On the one hand, it was written by Geraldine Brooks and she's a great author. I like her style of writing and I love the honesty she puts in to every book. I felt like this book portrayed the Civil War era fairly realistically and boldly, and I appreciated that. But on the other hand, since it was written about the March family from Little Women, it was hard to reconcile the characters she created with the characters I had already created in my mind. I feel like I've known those characters since I was a little girl, and she portrayed the father and the mother both differently from how I have always envisioned them. It was just a little strange for me to read about her interpretation of their personalities. It was interesting and I enjoyed it, just strange. If you go in to this book with no preconceived ideas of the Little Women characters, it will probably be much easier to enjoy it."
"Amazing detail from the Civil War period. Historical fiction in its best form. Because of its connections to Little Women, I've decided that it too is a must-read!
I have now finished March (whew! Just in time for our gathering Monday!). I really like the inclusion of Marmee's perspective in the latter half of the book. The afterward was also very enlightening. I really liked learning that Brooks modeled Mr. March himself after Loisa May Alcott's own father-- much in the way the characters of Little Women were modeled after Alcott's family. I also feel like I learned a lot about the Civil War, which I took little interest before (in terms of literature). I'm reminded of how war, as I once heard, is the opposite of creation. Such a lot of work and research goes into the creation of an accurate piece of historical fiction! I'm impressed!"
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