Biography books from Jamaica
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If you are into biography here are some biography books from Jamaica for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole EN
Country: North America / Jamaica
Jamaica
Description:
Written in 1857, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivaled Florence Nightingale’s during the Crimean War. Seacole traveled widely before arriving in London, where her offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war was met with racism and refusal. Undaunted, she set out independently to the Crimea, where she acted as doctor and “mother” to wounded soldiers while running her business, the “British Hotel.” Told with energy, warmth, and humor, her remarkable life story and accounts of hardships at the battlefront offer significant insig... continue