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Harriet Reisen

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Harriet Reisen


Genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction


Harriet Reisen's interest in Louisa May Alcott dates to her marathon reading of Alcott’s eight children’s novels during a rainy spell one childhood summer. Over the past twenty years, what began as an idea for a film biography of Alcott developed into a passion for the subject herself. A former fellow in screenwriting at the American Film Institute, Reisen has written dramatic and historical documentary scripts for PBS and HBO, and radio commentary for Morning Edition and Marketplace. She lives in Massachusetts. ...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 1,889 ratings · 375 reviews · 1 distinct work • Similar authors
Louisa May Alcott: The Woma...
3.94 avg rating — 1,889 ratings — published 2009 — 23 editions
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Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen Harriet Reisen
 
  2 votes, 33.3%

The Brothers Grimm: Two Lives, One Legacy The Brothers Grimm Two Lives, One Legacy by Donald R. Hettinga Donald R. Hettinga
 
  2 votes, 33.3%

The Life and Death of a Druid Prince The Life and Death of a Druid Prince by Anne Ross Anne Ross
 
  1 vote, 16.7%

The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium The Year 1000 What Life Was Like At the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey Robert Lacey
 
  1 vote, 16.7%

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown Dee Brown
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Finding Atlantis: A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World Finding Atlantis A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World by David King David King
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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