Sickly Vapors: Disease and Doctoring in the Old South (UMiss Press 2024) by Thomas Helling, MD., is a carefully researched academic book examining illness, medicine, and medical training in the South from the 1600s to the late 1800s. Helling’s book includes a preface and thirteen chapters. Distinctive to Helling’s book, is his 1) careful attention […]
“Sickly Vapors: Disease and Doctoring in the Old South” by Thomas Helling, MD.
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“Flight of the Wild Swan” by Melissa Pritchard
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Flight of the Wild Swan (Bellevue Literary Press 2024), a historical fiction novel written by Melissa Pritchard, portrays the complicated and inspiring life of Florence Nightingale. Written in a chronological manner, Pritchard showcases Nightingale’s ambitious nature and gritty determinedness from her childhood years in Derbyshire, England, to her adult years as a nurse in Constantinople, […]
“The Butterfly Cage: Joy, Heartache, and Corruption: Teaching While Deaf in a California Public School” by Rachel Zemach
October 23, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Kelly Kolodny Educational, compelling, and deeply personal. These words describe Rachel Zemach’ poignant and beautifully written memoir, The Butterfly Cage: Joy, Heartache, and Corruption: Teaching While Deaf in a California Public School (Paper Angel Press 2023). In her book, Zemach chronicles her career as a Deaf teacher—work she portrays as joyful, intriguing, and at […]