Florence Nightingale
- ISBN-10
- 0805778020
- ISBN-13
- 9780805778021
- Series
- Florence Nightingale
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / Medical (incl. Patients)
- Pages
- 110
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Twayne
- Author
- Colleen Adele Hobbs
Description
Series Editors: Kinley E. Roby, Northeastern University; Herbert Sussman, Northeastern University; Joseph Bartolomeo, University of Massachusetts; George Economou, University of Oklahoma; Arthur F. Kinney, University of Massachusetts
Twaynes United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.
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Other editions
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- 2020-04-16
- 704 pages
- Paperback
- Penguin UK
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- 2018-09-10
- 70 pages
- Paperback
- Independently Published
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