Louisa May Alcott 
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving 

In Louisa May Alcott’s An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, the Basset family kitchen is full of the bustle of preparation for the Thanksgiving day dinner. When Mrs. Basset is called away to tend to her mother who has fallen sick, the oldest daughter, Tilly, determines to make the best of things and finish cooking the dinner. Though not an expert chef, it soon becomes clear that Tilly will have a full table of relatives to feed in this heartwarming story of the holidays.

About the author

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was a prolific American author known for her novel, Little Women, and its sequels, Little Men and Jo’s Boys. She received instruction from several famous authors, including Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, and she is commonly considered to be the foremost female novelist of the Gilded Age.