Heroines of Mercy Street : the real nurses of the Civil War / Pamela D. Toler, PhD. ; foreword by Ridley Scott.
"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"-- The nurses of the Civil War ushered in a new era for medicine in the midst of tremendous hardship. Toler tells the true stories of the nurs...
Main Author: | Toler, Pamela D. (Author) |
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Other Authors: | Scott, Ridley (writer of foreword.) |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2016.
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Physical Description: | viii, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Format: | Book |