William A. Alcott

About The Author

William A. Alcott (1798-1859), physician, relative of Little Women author Louisa May Alcott, and founding member of the American Vegetarian Society, was also an educator, reformer, physician, and author of 108 books. He became one of the most prolific authors in early American history, and he wrote frequently on health and educational reform, as well as physical education, school and house design, family life, and diet. Many of his works are still widely cited today. 

Books by William A. Alcott

Vegetable Diet

As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages

By William A. Alcott
Introduction by Anna Thomas
First published in Boston in 1838, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection is a facsimile edition of one of the first American books to advocate a vegetarian diet (vegan, actually), by a founding member of the first vegetarian organization, the American Vegetarian Society. ...
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