Emmy Award-winning chronicle of the history of Orchard House, the home in Concord, Massachusetts where Louisa May Alcott wrote and set Little Women.
Production
Rare access to Alcott's actual manuscripts and family artifacts.
Direction
Jan Turnquist's genuine passion as lifelong house guardian shines through.
Director
Jan Turnquist
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Orchard House contains over 12,000 original Alcott family items, including Louisa's travel kit from her Civil War nursing days.
The documentary reveals Alcott wrote Little Women in a feverish six-week burst at this desk, proving her famous quote about genius being 'divine inspiration plus a headache.'
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