Gloria Paris

A Child of Sanitariums

A Memoir of Tuberculosis Survival and Lifelong Disability

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A memoir of a woman's experience with spinal tuberculosis in the 1930s. As well as describing her treatment and time in hospital, it recounts her later family life, her work both as a microbiologist, and as an advocate for minority groups.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780786459391
• ISBN-10: 0786459395
• Artikelnr.: 29341462

Autorenporträt

The late Gloria Paris was a retired microbiologist, a comedienne and an advocate for the disabled. She wrote poetry, painted, and lived in New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Prologue     
Mercy Hospital     
Homer Folks Hospital     
Italian Heritage     
Biggs Memorial Hospital     
The Main Building     
Extended Family     
Road to Recovery     
Home at Last     
The Fusion     
The College Years     
Continuing Changes     
Annual Pilgrimage     
Epilogue     
Bibliography     
Index