Chapter at start of book penned by key US author

• Creator of the Marches
• Author of "Eight Cousins"
• "Little Women" novelist
• "Little Women" or "Little Men" novelist
• Creator of the characters added in 17-, 28-, 44- and 57-Across
• Author Louisa May with a Thoreau education
• Creator of many Marches
• Author taught by Thoreau
• "Under the Lilacs" writer, 1878

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Alcott is an impact crater on Venus . Category:Impact craters on Venus