Memoirs of Childhood and Youth (Albert Schweitzer Library) - Hardcover

Schweitzer, Albert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815604467 ISBN 13: 9780815604464

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 1997

Synopsis

In this charming autobiographical essay, Albert Schwenzer tells of his first nineteen years in Upper Alsace and his youthful discoveries of religion, music, and the inspiration of friendship. Even in his boyhood there were traces of what was to become his "reverence for life": as a boy, he writes, he managed to dissuade several companions from going fishing because of the pain he felt the deed gave to both the worm and the fish. In poignant vignettes, Schweitzer also describes his unhappiness at discovering that he had better food or better clothing than chose around him. Memoirs of Childhood and Youth offers wonderful insights on Dr. Schweitzer's childhood journey that
eventually led him to dedicate himself to medical service in African colonies.

This new translation also has rarely seen photographs of Schweitzer, both as a youth and as an adult.

About this title

Book Description:

Memoirs of Childhood and Youth offers wonderful insights on Dr. Schweitzer's childhood journey that
eventually led him to dedicate himself to medical service in African colonies.

About the Author:

Kurt Bergel is a professor emeritus of history at Chapman University and the co-director of its Albert Schweitzer Institute.

About this edition

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0815604467
• ISBN 13: 9780815604464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 104