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Pure grit : how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific
- Title
- Pure grit : how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific / Mary Cronk Farrell ; foreword by First Lieutenant Diane Carlson Evans.
- Author
- Farrell, Mary Cronk
- Publication
- New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2014]
- ©2014
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 15-254 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 160 pages : illustrations; 27 cm
- Summary
- "The story of American nurses serving in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked the islands on December 8, 1941."--Dust jacket.
- Subjects
- Military nursing
- Nurses
- World War, 1939-1945 > Medical care
- Prisoners of war > United States
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Philippines
- Prisoners of war > Philippines
- World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
- World War, 1939-1945 > Medical care > United States
- 1900-1999
- Military campaigns
- Prisoners of war > United States > Juvenile literature
- Literature
- Military nursing > United States > History > Juvenile literature
- Medical care
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Philippines > Juvenile literature
- United States
- Juvenile works
- Nurses > United States > History > 20th century
- Prisoners of war > Philippines > Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese > Juvenile literature
- World War (1939-1945)
- Philippines
- History
- Genre/Form
- Literature.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-148) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Adventure and romance -- Surprise attack -- No time for fear -- Nurses under fire -- Retreat to the jungle -- Make-do medicine -- Boxed in on Bataan -- Retreat to the rock -- Holing up on Corregidor Island -- Rescued! -- Surrender to the enemy -- Held incommunicado -- Santo Tomas internment camp -- Food? Grow your own -- Hope at last -- Walking skeletons -- Liberation! -- Homecoming -- Forgotten -- Moving on -- Recognition at last.
- Call Number
- JFF 15-254
- ISBN
- 9781419710285
- 1419710281
- LCCN
- 2013017134
- OCLC
- 844245331
- Author
- Farrell, Mary Cronk, author.
- Title
- Pure grit : how American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific / Mary Cronk Farrell ; foreword by First Lieutenant Diane Carlson Evans.
- Publisher
- New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-148) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFF 15-254