5 Things You Didn't Know about Louisa May Alcott

Being a resident or fan of the Boston area, you probably knew about the Alcott family's Orchard House in Concord, where much of Little Women is set. And you've surely walked by 10 Louisburg Square, where some Alcotts lived in later years. But did you know this stuff about her hobnobbing with John Travolta and Uma Thurman on Pulp Fiction (including the use of opium, if not cocaine?), and crushin' on Emerson and Thoreau? Well, maybe you did. Still, there's probably at least one thing you can learn during the Louisa May Alcott Biopic, The Woman Behind "Little Women,"on PBS this December 28. Tune in, perhaps after a visit to Orchard House.