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.
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-275) and index.
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineCBXL.6.AA8Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780316392075
- 0316392073