Four Union soldiers on picket under a moss-hung tree talk of the women they left at home in the title story. The other tales range from a lively small-town romance, The King of Clubs and the Queen of Hearts, to The Cross on the Old Church Tower and The Death of John, drawn from Alcott’s nursing in a Washington army hospital.
Early Alcott, written before Little Women, for readers curious about her wartime writing. Download the free EPUB.