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Albert Schweitzer : a biography / James Brabazon.
Van Pelt Library CT1018.S45 B72 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brabazon, James.
- Series:
- Albert Schweitzer library (Syracuse, N.Y.)
- The Albert Schweitzer library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965.
- Schweitzer, Albert.
- Missionaries, Medical--Gabon--Biography.
- Missionaries, Medical.
- Gabon.
- Theologians--Europe--Biography.
- Theologians.
- Europe.
- Musicians--Europe--Biography.
- Musicians.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 555 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- James Brabazon updates his critically acclaimed biography of humanitarian Albert Schweitzer to include a wealth of recently discovered documents, including the letters between Schweitzer and Helene Bresslau written during the ten years before their marriage.
- Brabazon's research has also included recently released documents from the State Department regarding Schweitzer's battle with the United States Atomic Energy Commission to halt H-bomb tests.
- Contents:
- 1. Childhood, 1875-1885 1
- 2. The Dark Years, 1885-1893 28
- 3. Strasbourg, 1893-1896 40
- 4. Paris, 1896-1899 64
- 5. Berlin, 1899 84
- 6. Two Examinations, 1899-1900 90
- 7. The Scholar-Curate, 1900-1901 96
- 8. The Historical Jesus, 1901 110
- 9. Helene 139
- 10. Bach, 1902-1904 164
- 11. Medical Studies, 1905-1908 186
- 12. The Departure, 1908-1913 202
- 13. Africa, 1913 231
- 14. Andende: The First Hospital, 1913 239
- 15. War, 1914-1915 260
- 16. "Reverence for Life," 1915 268
- 17. Internment, 1915-1917 288
- 18. The Lost Coin, 1918-1924 302
- 19. Adolinanongo: The Second Hospital, 1924-1927 330
- 20. Fame, 1927-1929 341
- 21. Life at the Hospital, 1929-1932 356
- 22. Another War, 1932-1945 376
- 23. America: "The Greatest Man in the World," 1945-1950 396
- 24. Schweitzer on Film, 1950-1954 417
- 25. A Crack in the Myth, 1951-1954 427
- 26. The Nobel Peace Prize and the Bomb, 1954-1957 443
- 27. The Last of Europe, 1957-1959 464
- 28. The Final Years, 1959-1965 477
- A. A Day at the Hospital, Albert Schweitzer 511
- B. From Albert Schweitzer's Gift of Friendship, Erica Anderson 521.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-546) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0815628757
- 0815606753
- OCLC:
- 44467498
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