The Old Doctor's Rigmarole: Memoirs of a Civil War Surgeon - Couverture souple

Gordon, Edward

 
9780595462070: The Old Doctor's Rigmarole: Memoirs of a Civil War Surgeon
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595462073 ISBN 13 : 9780595462070
Editeur : iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

The "Old Doctor", John Churchill Gordon, delightfully tells stories of growing up on a plantation in Virginia before the Civil War. His father was a farmer, a member of the Virginia Legislature, and a friend of Thomas Jefferson. Then came the Civil War. When Virginia seceded, the doctor was appointed assistant surgeon for the 38th Virginia Volunteers. After the Confederacy surrendered, his family suffered through the hardships of Reconstruction. They survived, and came through it with a home of their own in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He and his beloved wife, Mary, had eight sons and two daughters. Edward Stuart Gordon wrote this book as if his grandfather, the "Old Doctor", was speaking. The author retells family stories of real-life people, places, and events in a way that preserves the richness, heritage, and hardships of the Civil War era from the perspective of a real southern Virginia family.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The "Old Doctor", John Churchill Gordon, delightfully tells stories of growing up on a plantation in Virginia before the Civil War. His father was a farmer, a member of the Virginia Legislature, and a friend of Thomas Jefferson. Then came the Civil War. When Virginia seceded, the doctor was appointed assistant surgeon for the 38th Virginia Volunteers. After the Confederacy surrendered, his family suffered through the hardships of Reconstruction. They survived, and came through it with a home of their own in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He and his beloved wife, Mary, had eight sons and two daughters. Edward Stuart Gordon wrote this book as if his grandfather, the "Old Doctor", was speaking. The author retells family stories of real-life people, places, and events in a way that preserves the richness, heritage, and hardships of the Civil War era from the perspective of a real southern Virginia family.

Biographie de l'auteur

Edward Stuart Gordon was born at Brandy Station in Culpeper, Virginia in 1908 and died at home in Rural Hall, North Carolina on July 4, 2000. He attended Virginia Military Institute and flew combat planes in World War II. He was ninety when he began writing this book.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595462073
ISBN 13 
9780595462070
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
156
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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