A Different Track
Hospital Trains of the Second World War
Published on 16. November 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-77203-457-8 (ISBN)
Description
This fascinating book looks at the largely unknown history of hospital trains, which wound their way across the scarred landscapes war-weary Europe, and the doctors and nurses who sacrificed their lives treating patients from all sides of the conflict.
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Language
English
Place of publication
British Columbia
Canada
Product notice
With flaps
Illustrations
b&w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 175 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77203-457-8 (9781772034578)
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Alexandra Kitty is an award-winning author, educator, and artist whose work has appeared in Presstime, Quill, Current, Elle Canada, Maisonneuve, Critical Review, and Skeptic. She was a relationships columnist for the Hamilton Spectator and an advice columnist for the Victoria Times Colonist. She taught language studies at Mohawk College, writing at the Sheridan Institute, communications at Conestoga College, metalwork arts at Niagara College, and art at the Dundas Valley School of Art. She was the first female recipient of the Arch Award from McMaster University, and is the author of a number of books, including Don't Believe It!: How Lies Become News; OutFoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism; A New Approach to Journalism; The Art of Kintsugi; and The Dramatic Moment of Fate: The Life of Sherlock Holmes in the Theatre, among others.