One glorious ambition : the compassionate crusade of Dorothea Dix : a novel / Jane Kirkpatrick.
"In bringing nineteenth-century historical reformer Dorothea Dix to life, author Jane Kirkpatrick combines historical accuracy with the ... narrative of a woman who recognized suffering when others turned away, and the call she heeded to change the world"--P. [4] of cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400074310 (paperback)
- ISBN: 1400074312 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 382 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Colorado Springs, Colorado : WaterBrook Press, ©2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes discussion questions and an author Q&A. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 > Fiction. Women social reformers > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. |