The Backwash of War, Paperback/Ellen N. La Motte
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Ellen La Motte (1873 - 1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. She began her nursing career as a tuberculosis nurse in Baltimore and then served as an army nurse in Europe during World War I. After that she traveled to Asia where she saw the effects of opium addiction. The Backwash of War (1934) was based on her diaries kept during her time at the front. La Motte speaks of her time in an army hospital in France as periods of boredom interspersed with moments of fright. The Backwash of War is an excellent memoir of war from the viewpoint of a woman army nurse.
Despre autor
Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) a fost o asistentă medicală, jurnalistă și autoare americană. Este cunoscută pentru cartea sa „The Backwash of War” („Reacțiile Războiului”), în care a descris experiența sa ca asistentă medicală în Primul Război Mondial, într-un mod adesea amar și cinic.
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