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Wonderful adventures of Mrs Seacole in many lands / Mary Seacole.
LIBRA DK215 .S433 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seacole, Mary, 1805-1881.
- Series:
- Penguin classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Seacole, Mary, 1805-1881.
- Seacole, Mary.
- Women, Black--Jamaica--Biography.
- Women, Black.
- Nurses--Biography.
- Nurses.
- Crimean War, 1853-1856--Personal narratives.
- Crimean War, 1853-1856.
- Women, Black--Social conditions--19th century.
- Women, Black--Social conditions.
- Jamaica.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- lii, 224 pages : maps ; 20 x 13 cm.
- Edition:
- New edition / edited and with an introduction and notes by Sara Salih.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Penguin, 2005.
- Summary:
- Written in 1857, "Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands" is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivaled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Seacole traveled widely before arriving in London, where her offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war was met with racism and refusal. Undaunted, she set out independently to the Crimea, where she acted as doctor and "mother" to wounded soldiers while running her business, the "British Hotel." Told with energy, warmth, and humor, her remarkable life story and accounts of hardships at the battlefront offer significant insights into the history of race politics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0140439021
- OCLC:
- 57168106
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