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The Red Cross: A History of this Remarkable International Movement in the Interest of Humanity
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Title: The Red Cross: A History of this Remarkable International Movement in the Interest of Humanity
Author: Clara Barton
Publisher: American National Red Cross, Washington, D.C.
Published: 1898
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 684
Catalogs: Nursing History, History of Medicine, Philanthropy
Description: Ex-library, illustrated with photographs. Original blue, white, and red cloth binding with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Spine and interior hinges have been unprofessionally repaired with tape, mesh is visible, and text-block is splitting in a few places. Cover shows dirt and substantial wear. Interior pages are tanned but without marginalia. Book bears the bookplate, card pocket, due date slip, and other markings of the Arms Library, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Blue floral pastedowns. This book contains accounts of the history and founding of the Red Cross, including addresses by Clara Barton, the first international conference, and other documents. It then provides accounts of the Red Cross work in U.S. floods, forest fires, cyclones, famines, the yellow fever epidemic in Florida and the MacClenny nurses, the Johnstown flood, and the Sea Islands hurricane off the coast of South Carolina. International work is also chronicled, including work during the Russian famine, in Armenia, and during the Spanish-American War. Relief work in Cuba is also described here. Finally, a series of reports on the work of the Red Cross, and a description of the Red Cross organizations of other nations are included. A prefatory note by William McKinley, then president of the United States, introduces the book. Clarissa Harlowe Barton (1821-1912) was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Hardcover, acceptable condition. 684 pages, octavo.
Author: Clara Barton
Publisher: American National Red Cross, Washington, D.C.
Published: 1898
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 684
Catalogs: Nursing History, History of Medicine, Philanthropy
Description: Ex-library, illustrated with photographs. Original blue, white, and red cloth binding with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Spine and interior hinges have been unprofessionally repaired with tape, mesh is visible, and text-block is splitting in a few places. Cover shows dirt and substantial wear. Interior pages are tanned but without marginalia. Book bears the bookplate, card pocket, due date slip, and other markings of the Arms Library, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Blue floral pastedowns. This book contains accounts of the history and founding of the Red Cross, including addresses by Clara Barton, the first international conference, and other documents. It then provides accounts of the Red Cross work in U.S. floods, forest fires, cyclones, famines, the yellow fever epidemic in Florida and the MacClenny nurses, the Johnstown flood, and the Sea Islands hurricane off the coast of South Carolina. International work is also chronicled, including work during the Russian famine, in Armenia, and during the Spanish-American War. Relief work in Cuba is also described here. Finally, a series of reports on the work of the Red Cross, and a description of the Red Cross organizations of other nations are included. A prefatory note by William McKinley, then president of the United States, introduces the book. Clarissa Harlowe Barton (1821-1912) was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Hardcover, acceptable condition. 684 pages, octavo.