"All books by John Matteson"
The Lives of Margaret Fuller: A Biography
Hardback, 2012
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer John Matteson, an account of the "Susan Sontag" of nineteenth-century America.
The Lives of Margaret Fuller: A Biography
Paperback, 2013
“Psychologically rich. . . . Matteson’s book restores the heroism of [Fuller’s] life and work.”—The New Yorker
Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father
Hardback, 2008
The beloved author of Little Women was torn between pleasing her idealistic father and planting her feet in the material world.
Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father
Paperback, 2009
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography
A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
Hardback, 2021
Pulitzer Prize–winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the American Civil War and their enduring legacy.
Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father
E Book, 2010
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography
The Lives of Margaret Fuller: A Biography
E Book, 2012
“Psychologically rich. . . . Matteson’s book restores the heroism of [Fuller’s] life and work.”—The New Yorker
A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
E Book, 2021
Pulitzer Prize–winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the American Civil War and their enduring legacy.
A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
Paperback, 2024
Pulitzer Prize–winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the Civil War and their enduring legacy for America.
The Annotated Little Women
Hardback, 2015
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Louisa May Alcott illuminates the world of Little Women and its author.