Kate Marsden

On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers

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Produktbeschreibung

A highly committed nurse, Kate Marsden (1859â 1931) published this account of her journey to Siberia in 1893. She describes her adventures on the dangerous journey to this remote area, and her experiences in the leper colonies there, for which she worked and raised funds in Russia and Britain.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9781108048217
• ISBN-10: 1108048218
• Artikelnr.: 35455650

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Preparations
2. First experiences on the road
3. Mostly mishaps
4. Clanking chains
5. Tarantass travelling
6. Nearing the lepers
7. Yakutsk - the province, and the people
8. First experiences of the two thousand miles on horseback
9. Miseries of the lepers
10. Among the lepers
11. Through fire to the lepers
12. Finish of the two thousand miles' ride
13. Homeward bound
14. What is to be done?
Appendix of official papers from governors of provinces, and other persons in authority.