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Heroines of Mercy Street : the real nurses of the Civil War Book
by Toler, Pamela D.
Book | First edition. | Little, Brown and Company, New York : 2016.
  • 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Fleming - Beamsville 973.7750922 Tol Non-Fiction Copy hold / Volume hold Available
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A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy Street HEROINES OF MERCY STREET tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia, mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the new PBS drama Mercy Street. Among the Union soldiers, doctors, wounded men from both sides, freed slaves, politicians, speculators, and spies who passed through the hospital in the crossroads of the Civil War, were nurses who gave their time freely and willingly to save lives and aid the wounded. These women saw casualties on a scale Americans had never seen before, and medicine was at a turning point. HEROINES OF MERCY STREET follows the lives of women like Dorothea Dix, Mary Phinney, Anne Reading, and more before, during, and after their epic struggle in Alexandria and reveals their personal contributions to this astounding period in the advancement of medicine. -- Provided by publisher.
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  • ISBN: 9780316392075 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: viii, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cmprint
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
  • General Note: "Companion to Mercy Street on PBS"--Cover.
  • Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-275) and index.
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