Hospital Sketches from the Civil War decorative airplane figurine comes a stunningly inventive novel

comes a stunningly inventive novel of futuristic noir set in a world of shifting realities

This collection of more than a dozen pieces showcases the young Capote developing the unique voice and sensibility that would make him one of the twentieth century's most original writers

and takes us inside the rarely explored and shadowy world of female religious life

During the 1930s

Hospital Sketches from the Civil War decorative airplane figurine comes a stunningly inventive novel"A good fit of illness proves the value of health; real danger tries one's mettle; and self sacrifice sweetens character." Through a series of letters sent home while serving as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army, Louisa May Alcott created a raw and honest story of battlefield medicine during the American Civil War. Featuring a series of compassionate portraits of the soldiers she encountered, Hospital Sketches both recounted the desperate struggles