Mary Seacole

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands

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Produktbeschreibung

Mary Seacole (1805 - 1881) is also known as Mother Seacole. She was a Jamaican born nurse. During the Crimean War she set up boarding houses in Panama and Crimea to help the sick. Her mother taught her to use herbal and folk medicine. When she petitioned the British government to let her go to the sick soldiers she was turned down. Mary Seacole spent her own money and made the journey by herself. Her autobiography is a vivid account of this amazing woman, who fought against racial prejudice in order to help the wounded soldiers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Book Jungle
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781438510262
• ISBN-10: 1438510268
• Artikelnr.: 27874053

Autorenporträt

Mary Seacole (1805–1881) was born in Jamaica. She was decorated for her work in the Crimea, which helped open up the medical professions to women.

Inhaltsangabe

To the reader
1. My birth and parentage
2. Struggles for life
3. My reception at the Independent Hotel
4. An unwelcome visitor in Cruces
5. American sympathy
6. Migration to Gorgona
7. The yellow fever on Jamaica
8. I long to join the British army before Sebastopol
9. Voyage to Constantinople
10. I start for Balaclava
11. Alarms in the harbour
12. The British Hotel
13. My work in the Crimea
14. My customers at the British Hotel
15. My first glimpse of war
16. Under fire on the fatal 18th of June
17. Inside Sebastopol
18. Holiday in the camp
19. New Year in the Crimea
Conclusion.