It turns out that Robert and the officer have a past history, one that does not incline the former slave to mercy. Since the officer must be kept isolated, she is assigned a 'contraband', an escaped slave who has not yet been able to be resettled, to assist her. She is assigned to care for a Confederate officer, a prisoner of war, suffering from typhoid fever. The narrator is a nurse working in a field hospital during the American Civil War. It turns out that Robert and the officer have a past history, one that does not incline the former slave t The description is a little lacking, so I will say a bit more. The description is a little lacking, so I will say a bit more.

It's easy to read and has a great ending.

It is, but Alcott gets points for shaping both the nurse and the freed man as fully human characters. If this plot sounds slightly heavy-handed, well. My Contraband is about a white nurse who meets a former slave who ends up helping care for his white half-brother, the man who also sold away his wife. Thanks to American Lit., however, I did read My Contraband. I think I'd rather just read Little Women again for the hundredth time. It is, but Alcott gets points for shaping both the nur As much as I love Alcott, I have never delved much into her short stories or adult fiction. As much as I love Alcott, I have never delved much into her short stories or adult fiction.

Whats a contraband