Swamp Doctor. The Diary Of A Union Surgeon In The Virginia And North Carolina Marshes.

Edited by Thomas P. Lowry, M.D.

ISBN 10: 081171537X / ISBN 13: 9780811715379

Published by Stackpole Books. 2001.

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ISBN 0-8117-1537-X. Hardback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition book in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. Copy Two.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Swamp Doctor. The Diary Of A Union Surgeon In The Virginia And North Carolina Marshes.
• Publisher: Stackpole Books. 2001.
• ISBN 10: 081171537X
• ISBN 13: 9780811715379
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

William Mervale Smith, surgeon of the 85th New York Volunteer Infantry, faithfully kept a diary of his Civil War experiences. Smith's introspective musings cover matters both professional and personal, from the horror of battle and the almost equally terrible politics of war to his deepest longings and questions about love and spirituality. While some diarists wrote self-consciously, anticipating eventual publication of their words, Smith's entries, as author Thomas Lowry explains, "are of such a personal and self-revelatory nature that we can reasonably conclude that he wrote to himself alone, as a sort of spiritual exercise of self-communication."