Florence Nightingale : the making of an icon
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
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Book
Physical Desc
xxiii, 646 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
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Oliver La Farge - Adult
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Street Date
0810.
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references.
Description
The common soldier's savior, the standard-bearer of modern nursing, a pioneering social reformer: Florence Nightingale belongs to that select band of historical characters who are instantly recognizable. Home-schooled, bound for the life of an educated Victorian lady, Nightingale scandalized her family when she found her calling as a nurse, a thoroughly unsuitable profession for a woman of her class. As the "Lady with the Lamp," ministering to the wounded and dying of the Crimean War, she offers an enduring image of sentimental appeal. In the first major biography of Florence Nightingale in more than fifty years, Mark Bostridge draws on a wealth of unpublished material, including previously unseen family papers, to throw new light on this extraordinary woman's life and character. Disentangling elements of myth from the reality, Bostridge has written a vivid and readable account of one of the most iconic figures in modern history.--From publisher description.
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