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The Resource Heroines of Mercy Street : the real nurses of the Civil War, by Pamela D. Toler
Heroines of Mercy Street : the real nurses of the Civil War, by Pamela D. Toler
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The item Heroines of Mercy Street : the real nurses of the Civil War, by Pamela D. Toler represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Heroines of Mercy Street : the real nurses of the Civil War, by Pamela D. Toler represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- 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 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 7 audio discs (8.4 hr.)
- Note
- Compact discs
- Isbn
- 9781478910480
- Label
- Heroines of Mercy Street : the real nurses of the Civil War
- Title
- Heroines of Mercy Street
- Title remainder
- the real nurses of the Civil War
- Statement of responsibility
- by Pamela D. Toler
- Subject
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- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- History
- Medical care
- Military nursing
- Military nursing -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
- Women
- 1800 - 1899
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 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
- Cataloging source
- BLACP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Toler, Pamela D
- Dewey number
- 973.7/75
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- E621
- LC item number
- .T65 2016ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
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- history
- biography
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Suzanne Toren
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Toren, Suzanne
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Military nursing
- Medical care
- Military nursing
- Women
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- Heroines of Mercy Street : the real nurses of the Civil War, by Pamela D. Toler
- Note
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
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- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
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- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 7 audio discs (8.4 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781478910480
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- s
- Other control number
- 9781478910510
- Other physical details
- CD audio, digital
- Publisher number
- ZPbs4d
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)927455772
- 994352
- (OCoLC)ocn927455772
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- Heroines of Mercy Street : the real nurses of the Civil War, by Pamela D. Toler
- Note
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 7 audio discs (8.4 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781478910480
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other control number
- 9781478910510
- Other physical details
- CD audio, digital
- Publisher number
- ZPbs4d
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)927455772
- 994352
- (OCoLC)ocn927455772
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- History
- Medical care
- Military nursing
- Military nursing -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
- Women
- 1800 - 1899
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
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