Raquela, a Woman of Israel
by Ruth Gruber
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0698108957
- ISBN 13
- 9780698108950
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, USA, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Author. Hardcover. 379 pages. Inscribed by Author. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, USA, 1978. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear and minor chips and/or tears. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are lightly tanned. Light foxing to top edge of pages. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Raquela Prywes lived on the front lines of Israel's history. A ninth-generation Jerusalemite, she found her true calling as a hospital and battlefield nurse, delivering babies in the infamous Athlit detention camp, where Holocaust survivors were interned by the British, and literally walking across minefields to tend the wounded during the 1948 War of Independence. Surrounded by men of uncommon bravery, Raquela fell passionately in love with the handsome young captain of one of the refugee ships and had to choose between him and the brilliant and distinguished doctor who waited for her back in Jerusalem. Upon her return to Israel, she helped to found the first hospital in the desert frontier of Beersheba, where she delivered the babies of Bedouin women and Jewish immigrants, eventually organizing the hospitals credited with saving Israeli soldiers during the Six-Day War. Alive with the courage of a rare woman and a rugged nation, Raquela tells the powerful and deeply moving story of an Israeli woman who knew passionate love, great danger, and shattering loss and who witnessed the darkest -- and most triumphant -- moments in the history of the Jewish people. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0698108957. ISBN/EAN: 9780698108950. Inventory No: 22040049.. 9780698108950
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22040049
- Title
- Raquela, a Woman of Israel
- Author
- Ruth Gruber
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0698108957
- ISBN 13
- 9780698108950
- Publisher
- Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Biography & Autobiography; Raquela, a Woman of Israel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
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