Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
$20.80
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
28 June 2019
Summary
The Fearless Mrs. Seacole: A Black Woman’s Crimean War Memoirs
Famed for her work among the sick and wounded of the Crimean War, Mary Seacole possessed a unique perspective: that of a Victorian-era black woman at a battlefield’s front line. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1805, she began her career as a healer by helping her mother nurse British officers at nearby military camps. In the 1850s, her compassion aroused by agonizing reports from Crimea, she headed for England to offer her…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780486831725 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0486831728 |
| Series: | Dover Thrift Editions |
| Author: | Mary Seacole |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 28 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 120g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 127mm x 10mm |
About The Author
Mary Seacole
Born Mary Jane Grant in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1805, the future Mrs. Seacole helped her mother nurse British officers and their wives at nearby military camps. Widowed in the 1840s, she was rejected from service with Florence Nightingale and eventually sailed for the Crimea with a relative. There they established a “British Hotel” near the battlefront, where Seacole catered for army personnel and nursed the sick and wounded. Her memoirs were published to popular and critical acclaim in 1857.
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