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1 online resource (1 audio file) |
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083000 |
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digital rda |
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audio file CD audio rda |
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Heroines of Mercy Street tells the true stories of the nurses at the Mansion House of Alexandria, Virginia, a mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the new PBS drama Mercy Street. Among the Union soldiers, doctors, wounded men from both sides, freed slaves, politicians, speculators, and spies who passed through the hospital in the crossroads of the Civil War, were nurses who gave their time freely and willingly to save lives and aid the wounded. These women saw casualties on a scale Americans had never seen before, and medicine was at a turning point. Heroines of Mercy Street follows the lives of women like Dorothea Dix, Mary Phinney, Anne Reading, and more before, during, and after their epic struggle in Alexandria and reveals their personal contributions to this astounding period in the advancement of medicine. |
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Downloadable audio file. |
| Performer |
Read by Suzanne Toren. |
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"Hachette Audio." |
| Summary |
Reveals the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the mansion-turned-wartime hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, during the Civil War, the setting for the PBS series "Mercy Street." |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887.
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Olnhausen, Mary Phinney von, 1818-1902.
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Reading, Anne.
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Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. |
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Olnhausen, Mary Phinney von, 1818-1902. |
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American Civil War (1861-1865) |
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1861-1865 |
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Medical care. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
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Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals.
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Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
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Military hospitals -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- History -- 19th century.
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Military nursing -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- History -- 19th century.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
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Alexandria (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.
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United States. |
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Audiobooks.
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Downloadable audio books. |
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Electronic audio books. |
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Audiobooks.
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History.
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Toren, Suzanne, narrator.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Toler, Pamela D.. Heroines of Mercy Street : the real nurses of the Civil War [Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone, [2016] 9781478910510 9781478910480 (NjBwBT)bl2016014797 (OCoLC)927455772 |
| ISBN |
9781478910497 : $47.99 |
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1478910496 : $47.99 |
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