The Romance Of A Red Cross Hospital

Author : Clara Barton
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ISBN 13 : 9781985070882
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book A Story of the Red Cross: Glimpses of Field Work written by Clara Barton and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "No one can read the book without feeling his faith strengthened in the innate nobleness of human nature. - Health: A Home Magazine "The finish of one chapter almost involuntarily draws the reader into the next one." -Red Cross Bulletin There is no organization in the world more justly entitled to the reverence and admiration of the people than that of the Red Cross, and no individual in this broad land that more thoroughly enjoys the respect and love of its citizens than the estimable Clara Barton. Therefore Barton's 1904 book "A Story of the Red Cross: Glimpses of Field Work," recounting as it does the work performed by the Society under her direction, scarcely needs any more extended introduction to public notice than the name of the author. The Red Cross was established to help in the cases of sudden disaster. Its story therefore is the story of many great catastrophes, such as the Texas famine and the Mount Vernon cyclone, 18851888; Yellow fever in Florida, 1887; The Johnstown flood, 1889; The Russian famine, 1891; The sea island relief, 1893; Armenian relief, 1896; Cuba, 18g8; and Galveston, 1900. The thrilling feature of the narrative is the simple telling of the work of reconstruction and the unsparing efforts of the volunteer relief agents to minister to the unfortunate and bring light out of the darkness. In this connection-and this is what gives the book a particular value-the author explains the system of general operation, and the relationship between the Red Cross and the affiliated relief organizations. Among the millions that have admired and praised the work of the Society, few can realize the hardships encountered, the self-denial practised by this noble band of workers; but any one who can read the author's simple yet dramatic recital of its achievements without feeling his cheek wet with the tear of sympathy and his heart glowing with admiration, must indeed be devoid of natural feeling. The motif of the work is disclosed in the first two pages-that a dissertation upon the aims and purposes of the Society was not what people desired, so much as an account of what it did. That the book accomplishes this task successfully none will deny. Anything more thrilling and pathetic than the account of "Yellow Fever in Florida" it would be hard to conceive; while "The Johnstown Flood," "Cuba," and "Galveston" are no whit behind as noble examples of devotion to duty. The thrilling feature of the narrative is the simple telling of the work of reconstruction and the unsparing efforts of the volunteer relief agents to minister to the unfortunate and bring light out of the darkness. In this connection-and this is what gives the book a particular value-the author explains the system of general operation, and the relationship between the Red Cross and the affiliated relief organizations. About the author: Clara Barton (1821 - 1912) was a pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and patent clerk. Nursing education was not very formalized at that time and Clara did not attend nursing school, so she provided self-taught nursing care. Barton is noteworthy for doing humanitarian work at a time when relatively few women worked outside the home. Other works by Barton include: The Red Cross-In Peace and War (1898) The Story of My Childhood (1907)