Florence Nightingale: War Nurse
Anne Colver, Gerald McCann
Hardcover
(Garrard Press, March 15, 1961)
Copyright 1961, hardcover with dustjacket, ex-library, 80 pages, with 2-color full-page illustrations on 25% of the pages. SYNOPSIS: "Biographical chapter book for youth. Florence's favorite game as a child in England was playing hospital with her dolls. Later she nursed dogs, cats, lame donkeys and sick lambs expanding to the village people as well. The British government recognized her talent and sent her to the Crimean war to administer treatment and kindness to the soldiers. She changed wartime nursing and later started schools for trained nurses in London." CONDITION: Library cardholder/checkout sheet and stamps/notations inside. Dustjacket is enclosed in mylar overlay taped to cover. Lower edges are worn exposing board, occasional small rip or finger smudge on pages. Binding is secure.