Heroines of Mercy Street : the real nurses of the Civil War / Pamela D. Toler ; foreword by Ridley Scott.

  • Toler, Pamela D.
Date:
2016
  • Books

About this work

Description

"Tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia hotel turned wartime hospital, and the setting for the PBS show Mercy Street"-- Publisher's description.

Publication/Creation

New York : Little Brown and Company, 2016.

Physical description

viii, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Edition

First edition.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-275) and index.

Contents

Dorothea Dix goes to war -- The army is unprepared -- Volunteers -- Nurses on the hospital transport ships -- Arriving at Mansion House Hospital -- Learning by experience -- Becoming indispensable -- Leaving Mansion House Hospital -- Reporting back to duty -- After the war -- Afterword : a different viewpoint.

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    CBXL.6.AA8
    Open shelves

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Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9780316392075
  • 0316392073