Mark Derby

Frontline Surgeon

New Zealand medical pioneer Douglas Jolly

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Massey University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9781991016836
• ISBN-10: 1991016832
• Artikelnr.: 71231257

Autorenporträt

Mark Derby is an Aotearoa–New Zealand historian and writer whose work has also been published in Britain, Spain, and the United States. His books include Kiwi Compañeros: New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War; Petals and Bullets: Dorothy Morris—New Zealand Nurse in the Spanish Civil War; and Rock College: An Unofficial History of Mount Eden Prison. He lives on Wellington’s south coast with three generations of his family.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Author’s Note
1. The Center of Gravity of the World
2. The Storekeeper’s Son
3. Attributes Every Battle Surgeon Should Possess
4. Christian Left
5. Bread, Peace, and Liberty
6. Nine Months of Winter
7. A River of Blood
8. Urgent Need of Salvation
9. He Does Honor to His Name
10. The Safest Place in Spain
11. Changing the Front and the Weapons
12. The System, Not the Surgeon
13. The Tobruk Plaster
14. Merry Hell
15. Phantom Pain
16. Light in the Darkness
17. Saving from Submersion
Acknowledgments
Appendix: “Surgical Curiosities in Two Wars”
Notes
Bibliography
Index