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Extraordinary Canadians Norman Bethune

By Clarkson , Adrienne

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Canada
Year
2009
ISBN
9780670067312, 0670067318
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
194 kB (199106 bytes)
Pages
204 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

Honoured as a hero in China, Ontario-born Norman Bethune was a surgeon, medical innovator, and charismatic political activist who deployed his skills on the battlefields of Spain and China in the 1930s. His prodigious energy included inventing surgical instruments, mobile blood-transfusion units, teaching, and advocating for social justice at home and abroad. Adrienne Clarkson, a Chinese Canadian, has always been fascinated by the dynamic man who married his social conscience to his medical mission. Reviled as a Communist by some, revered as a humanitarian by others, Bethune was a complicated, inspirational figure who lived and loved on a large canvas.

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