| Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune Contributor(s): Stewart, Roderick (Author), Stewart, Sharon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0773538194 ISBN-13: 9780773538191 Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.42" H x 6.63" W x 10.02" (2.17 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune Roderick and Sharon Stewart provide the intriguing details of Bethune's controversial career as a surgeon, his turbulent personal life, his passionate crusade to eradicate tuberculosis, and his pioneering commitment to the establishment of medicare in Canada. They also examine the reasoning that led Bethune to embrace Marxism and show the depth of his faith in the triumph of communism over fascism - a commitment that drove him to take risk after risk and ultimately led to his death from an infection caught while performing battlefield surgery in remote northern China. Based on extensive research in Canada, Spain, and China, and in-depth interviews with Bethune's family, friends, colleagues, and patients, Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune is the definitive Bethune biography for our time. |