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(WORLD WAR I.) Diary kept by Mary Eakins, the Chief Nurse at the American Hospital of Paris, detailing the struggle to care for the wounded and with
(WORLD WAR I.) Diary kept by Mary Eakins, the Chief Nurse at the American Hospital of Paris, detailing the struggle to care for the wounded and with detailed information on the reaction at the Hospital and in Paris to war news. 8vo, morocco, backstrip worn. With related material, including her medals, her insignia, photographs, clippings, pamphlets, a partial transcription of the diary and more. Paris, January 1917-November 1918
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Notes: a remarkable first-hand female account of the ravages of the great war.
The diary begins with a lengthy entry by Eakins, recounting how she entered the nursing staff at the American Hospital. Almost daily entries continue, with many complaints about the cold, the food, the lack of coal, but also good descriptions of the goings on at the hospital and in France. The news of America entering the war is covered in great detail, with vivid descriptions of the pro-American sentiments among the Parisians. The entries during April 1917 are of particular note for their accounts of the casualties following the disastrous Chemin des Dames offensive. After the U.S. entered the war, Eakins and the Hospital became part of the Army, and Eakins enlisted for the duration of the War.
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