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Overview"Written in 1857 by a free-born Jamaican Creole, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands presents a special kind of success story. With delightful urbanity and wit, Mary Seacole recounts her childhood as a daughter of a Scottish army officer and free black boardinghouse keeper, her years as a storekeeper in a Central American frontier town, and her role as a battlefield ""doctress"" in the Crimean War. Seeking to reconcile her desire for economic stability and worldly recognition with the more socially acceptable role of selfless helpmate to men, Mary Seacole emerges as an independent and respected maternal figure, the model of female achievement in Victorian culture, and a symbol of ""home"" to British soldiers alienated by war." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mary Seacole , William L. Andrews (, University of Wisconsin-Madison)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 11.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 16.30cm Weight: 0.194kg ISBN: 9780195066722ISBN 10: 0195066723 Pages: 212 Publication Date: 25 April 1991 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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