Publisher's Synopsis
Louisa May Alcott grew up in an intellectual environment-Emerson, Hawthorne, and Thoreau were family friends. However, despite the intellectual richness of her family she was driven to make money. She wrote from an early age and is famous for creating the semi-autobiographical 'Little Women'. In the beginning of her writing career she wrote exciting adventure stories for young adults under the pen name A.M. Barnard. The Abbot's Ghost is one of the best these. A man must fight accusations of fraud and gambling.
