Soldier Doctor (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Clara Ingram Judson
- First Published: 1942
- Time of Work: 1865–1918
- Setting: The United States, Cuba, and Panama
- Principal Characters: William Gorgas, Josiah Gorgas, Carlos Finlay, Leonard Wood, Walter Reed
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: South or Southerners, Doctors, Sick persons, Cuba or Cubans, Military life or service, Soldiers, Malaria, Diseases, Biography, Panama or Panamanians, Yellow fever
- Locales: United States, Cuba, Panama
Form and Content
Soldier Doctor: The Story of William Gorgas follows the pattern of many works of author Clara Ingram Judson. Judson uses short vignettes from various time periods in the life of her subject to illustrate the character traits of the person. These brief stories are arranged in chronological order, and together, they give a cumulative impression of what the person was like. It is not the purpose of the author to recount all the events of her subject’s life or even to explore the person’s greatest accomplishments in detail. The highlights of the career...
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