Nat begins a musical career in Europe that takes him away from Daisy, only to fall in with a frivolous crowd and unintentionally leads a young woman on, whom he then does not marry, but makes things right when he narrowly avoids debt and lives on the right path for the rest of his time there.Ĭomposition and publication history Josie ends up discovering her actress hero and eventually wins her support and becomes a great actress herself, while Bess remains the "Princess" throughout, showing a passion for art, but encouraged by her father, leaves her clay more often for the sun. Dan, after wandering as a sheep herder in Australia and such, and still having the ever-present admiration of Teddy, he seeks his fortune in the West, but when Dan ends up committing the one sin he and Jo always feared he would, though it was in defense of both self and a younger boy, Blair, when he kills a man who cheats Blair in gambling, Dan is sentenced to a year in prison with hard labor, and resists a prison escape and perseveres. Bhaer, and works hard before being promoted and taking off on his first voyage as second mate, and gets a chance to shows his true strength when he is shipwrecked and the captain becomes badly injured, as he encourages and helps the sailors and the sick captain until they find refuge on a passing ship. Professor Bhaer's nephew Emil becomes a sailor, encouraged by Mr. Sections of Jo's Boys follow the travels of former students who have deep emotional ties to Plumfield and the Bhaers. Rob and Ted fall into a scrape with Dan's dog that draws them closer in the end. Tommy becomes a medical student to impress childhood sweetheart Nan, but after trying to win her favor by "accidentally" falling in love with and proposing to Dora, he finds he is happier with her and quits medicine to join his family's business. Dolly and George become college students dealing with the temptations of snobbery, arrogance, self-indulgence, and vanity. The book takes place ten years after Little Men. The book mostly follows the lives of Plumfield boys who were introduced in Little Men, particularly Tommy, Emil, Demi, Nat, Dan, and Professor Bhaer and Jo's sons Rob and Teddy, although others make frequent appearances as well, Josie a younger sister of Daisy and Demi and Bess, cousin of Demi and Daisy. In it, Jo's children, now grown, are caught up in real world troubles. The novel is the final book in the unofficial Little Women series. Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men" is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1886.
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