Fearless Purpose: A Blind Nurse in the Civil War (Abridged, Annotated)

by Emily Elizabeth Parsons

Nearly blind from an accident in childhood, deaf from complications of scarlet fever, and perpetually suffering from an ankle injury, Emily Parsons nevertheless enrolled in nursing school at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861.Already 37, she never married and made the care of others her fearless purpose in life. Despite her handicaps, she was appointed head of nursing on a large riverboat at Vicksburg during the siege of that city. She...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519059132
• ISBN13: 9781519059130
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 109 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"