Pure Grit
How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.
Format: Book
Description: 160 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm
"The story of American nurses serving in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked the islands on December 8, 1941."--Dust jacket.
Contents:
Introduction -- Adventure and romance -- Surprise attack -- No time for fear -- Nurses under fire -- Retreat to the jungle -- Make-do medicine -- Boxed in on Bataan -- Retreat to the rock -- Holing up on Corregidor Island -- Rescued! -- Surrender to the enemy -- Held incommunicado -- Santo Tomas internment camp -- Food? Grow your own -- Hope at last -- Walking skeletons -- Liberation! -- Homecoming -- Forgotten -- Moving on -- Recognition at last.
Subjects:
Nurses -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Military nursing -- United States -- History -- Teen literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- United States -- Teen literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Teen literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Teen literature.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Teen literature.
Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Teen literature.
Nurses -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Military nursing -- United States -- History -- Teen literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- United States -- Teen literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Teen literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Teen literature.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Teen literature.
Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: 1000L
ISBN:
9781419710285 (hardcover)
Availability | |||
---|---|---|---|
Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T HISTORY Far | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Teen | In |
T HISTORY Far | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-148) and index.