Clara Barton (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Helen Dore Boylston
- First Published: 1955
- Time of Work: 1821–1912
- Setting: Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., South Carolina, Virginia, New York, Maryland, France, Switzerland, Scotland, Germany, and several Civil War battlefields
- Principal Characters: Clara Barton, Captain Stephen Barton, Stephen Barton, David Barton, Sally Barton, Colonel Rucker, President Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Louis Appia, Dr. Julian Hubbell
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Civil War, Medicine, Nursing or nurses, Biography, Wounds or injuries
- Locales: Virginia, France, New York, Washington, D.C., South Carolina, Maryland, Massachusetts, Germany, New Jersey, Scotland, Switzerland
Form and Content
In Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross, Helen Dore Boylston stresses Barton’s devotion to service—her courage, unselfishness, and passion for helping others. Despite its title, the book spans Barton’s entire life, but it emphasizes her early years and Civil War work, only briefly synopsizing her time with the Red Cross.
Boylston’s biography allocates most phases of Barton’s life to three-chapter segments. The first three chapters describe childhood incidents in which Barton learned lessons or displayed character traits that...
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