Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune

The life and loves of Norman Bethune - Canadian doctor and activist and battlefield surgeon in China during the Japanese invasion of the 1930s.

About the author

Roderick Stewart (1934-2018) was a writer and teacher of history. He was the co-author of several biographies on Norman Bethune, including Bethune in Spain.

Sharon Stewart has over twenty-five years of experience as a writer and as a freelance editor in educational publishing.

Summary

Restless, dynamic, conflicted, a surgeon, an artist, and a writer, Norman Bethune was an extraordinary Canadian. Brilliant, yet erratic, Bethune's life was characterized by cycles of achievement and self-destruction and his adventurous spirit led him from the operating rooms of Montreal to the battlegrounds of Spain and China.

Product details

• Authors: Roderick Stewart, Sharon Stewart
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.08.2012
• EAN: 9780773540811
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-4081-1
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 246 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 794 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies