Pamela D Toler
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
viii, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia hotel truned wartime hospital, and the setting for the PBS show Mercy Street -- Publisher's description.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
233 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Who says women don't go to war? From Vikings and African queens to cross-dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, these are the stories of women for whom battle was not a metaphor. * The woman warrior is always cast as an anomaly--Joan of Arc, not GI Jane. But women, it turns out, have always gone to war. In this fascinating and lively world history, Pamela Toler not only introduces us to women who took up arms, she also shows why...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (8.4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy Street and their Civil War struggles. 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...
