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1) H.R.H
Author
Language
English
Description
Princess Christiana's father, reigning prince of Liechtenstein, has plans for her life. After four years studying in the U.S. at Berkeley, life in her father's palace cannot distract Christianna from what she sees outside the kingdom--the suffering of children, the ravages of terrorism and disease. Determined to make a difference in the world, she persuades His Royal Highness, her father, to let her volunteer for the Red Cross in East Africa. And...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Abandoning her abusive fiancé in New York in 1943 to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe, Irene Woodward befriends Dorothy Dunford as they join the Allied soldiers streaming into France after D-Day where they are embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald, and where Irene learns to trust again through their friendship.
In 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York and heads to Europe...
4) Red Cross
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color photographs ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides a history of the Red Cross, including its members, mission, goals, and achievements, plus case studies of individuals who have benefited from the work of this international service organization.
Author
Series
Red Cross orphans volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Orphan Kitty Pattison is young, naïve and ready to do her bit for the war effort when she volunteers with the Red Cross and pledges to help those most in need. It’s one of the most nerve-wracking moments of her life, but then she meets fellow volunteers Joan Norfolk and Trixie Dunn, and a bond of friendship is forged in the fire of life on the wards during the Blitz. Days are spent nursing injured soldiers back to life and nights are spent...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
287 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, three lives converge despite persecution from the Ku Klux Klan, a bare-knuckle boxing match gone wrong, and the recovery efforts of the American Red Cross. Based on a true story. The hurricane of 1900, America's worst natural disaster, left the island city of Galveston in ruins. Thousands perished, including all ninety-three children at the Sisters of the Incarnate Word orphanage--except six-year-old Hester,...
11) Clara Barton
Author
Pub. Date
[1988]
Physical Desc
111 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.
13) Clara Barton
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
1989.
Physical Desc
68 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how a young Swiss businessman, accidentally viewing the bloody Battle of Solferino in 1859, was shocked at the lack of care given the wounded and went on to found the International Red Cross.
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