Boys in White; the experience of a hospital agent in and around Washington, DC
by Wheelock, Julia S
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Lange and Hillman, 1870. vii, 268p, 5 x 7.5 inches, illus, ex library with bookplate attached to front paste-down endpaper, dark green endpapers, shelfworn brown cloth-bound boards with beveled edges and some fraying at corners, front hinge loose, spine with bumped edges stamped in gilt and a hospital tent scene in gilt on the front board, tissue guard covering frontispiece portrait of Wheelock has large tear, date in blue pencil on a blank front page . Memoir of author's experiences as a nurse from 1862-1865 in Washington, D.C. including the death of her brother. Boys in white is a reference to the way the soldiers' bodies were prepared for burial. Julia S. Wheelock Freeman (1833 - 1900) , a Michigan native, spent three years in Washington, DC nursing injured Civil War veterans as a volunteer with the Michigan Soldiers Relief Association. The US House of Representatives recognized Wheelock Freeman for her service as "a brave woman, a patriot in the highest sense of the term.
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- Seller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 159283
- Title
- Boys in White; the experience of a hospital agent in and around Washington, DC
- Author
- Wheelock, Julia S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lange and Hillman
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1870
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women; Civil War; 1860s; Michigan; District of Columbia;
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- Beveled
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- Gilt
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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- Bookplate
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- Spine
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