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Phoenix : the life of Norman Bethune / Roderick Stewart and Sharon Stewart.

Title
Phoenix : the life of Norman Bethune / Roderick Stewart and Sharon Stewart.
Author
Stewart, Roderick
Publication
Montréal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011.

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Additional Authors
Stewart, Sharon (Sharon Roberta), 1944-
Description
xiii, 479 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 26 cm.
Summary
A biographical account of the life of Norman Bethune, detailing the story of his life including his career as a surgeon, his fight to eradicate tuberculosis, his commitment to establish a medicare system in Canada, and his communist ideologies, through considerable research and interviews with friends, family, former patients and colleagues.
Subject
  • Bethune, Norman
  • Bethune, Norman, 1890-1939
  • Bethune, Norman
  • General Surgery
  • General Surgery > Canada > Biography
  • Surgeons > Canada > Biography
  • Surgeons > China > Biography
  • Chirurgiens > Canada > Biographies
  • Chirurgiens > Chine > Biographies
  • China
  • Canada
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-464) and index.
Contents
1 A Pain in the Neck: Childhood and Early Youth, 1890-1907 3 -- 2 Tempering: Work and War, September 1907-February 1919 20 -- 3 Vanity Fair: London, 1919-1924 32 -- 4 Slough of Despond: Detroit and Saranac Lake, 1924-1927 46 -- 5 Born Again: Ray Brook and Montreal, 1928-1931 73 -- 6 The Hill of Difficulty: Travels, Montreal, September 1931-November 1933 88 -- 7 Awakenings: Montreal, Autumn 1933-November 1935 104 -- 8 True Believer: Montreal, December 1935-October 1936 127 -- 9 Blood: Madrid, November 1936-January 1937 155 -- 10 The Path with Lions: Madrid, Valencia, Almería, January-February 1937 177 -- 11 Clipped Wings: Madrid, Valencia, March-June 1937 196 -- 12 Preaching the Faith: The Speaking Tour, June-October 1937 212 -- 13 Entr'acte: Montreal, New York City, October-December 1937 240 -- 14 Into the Fray: Hankou to Xi' an, 7 February-29 March 1938 252 -- 15 Mission: Yan' an, Jin-Cha-Ji, 30 March-19 July 1938 274 -- 16 Kingly Comrade: Jin-Cha-Ji, July, 1938-January 1939 297 -- 17 The Narrow Gate: Jin-Cha-Ji, December 1938-June 1939 338 -- 18 The Celestial City: Jin-Cha-Ji, July-November 1939 353.
ISBN
  • 9780773538191 (trade : alk. paper)
  • 0773538194 (trade : alk. paper)
OCLC
  • 682257936
  • SCSB-9913057
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library