Displaying 1 of 1 2016 Format: Book Author: Toler, Pamela D., author. Title: Heroines of Mercy Street : the real nurses of the Civil War / Pamela D. Toler, PhD ; foreword by Ridley Scott. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2016. Description: viii, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm Summary: "Tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia, hotel turned wartime hospital, and the setting for the PBS show 'Mercy Street'"--Front jacket flap. Subjects: Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. Olnhausen, Mary Phinney von, 1818-1902. Reading, Anne. Nurses -- United States -- Biography. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals. Military hospitals -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- History. Other Author: Scott, Ridley, writer of foreword. Other Title: Mercy Street (Television program) Notes: "Companion to 'Mercy Street' on PBS"--Jacket. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Dorothea Dix goes to war -- The Army is unprepared -- Volunteers -- Nurses on the hospital transport ships -- Arriving at Mansion House Hospital -- Learning by experience -- Becoming indispensible -- Leaving Mansion House Hospital -- Reporting back to duty -- After the war -- Afterword: a different viewpoint. LCCN: 2015953905 ISBN: 0316392073 9780316392075 Other Number: 923649614 System Availability: 3 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 3 Control Number: 581105 # Local items in: 3 # System items in: 3 Call Number: 973.775 Toler Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1