Ednah D. Cheney. "Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters & Journal". Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1889.
Beatrice Gormley and Meryl Henderson. "Louisa May Alcott: Young Novelist". 1999. ISBN 0613158903
John Matteson. Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father. New York City, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007. ISBN 0393059649
| "The Star Tribune" (USA) | 12 August 2007, by: Maura Lerner, "A Diagnosis, 119 Years After Death" |
| "Minneapolis Tribune" (USA) | 7 March 1888, by: Anonymous, "Miss Louisa May Alcott" |
| "The Los Angeles Times" (USA) | 24 August 2007, by: Martin Rubin, "Towering Patriarch of the Alcotts" |
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