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[2014], Adult, McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: Bio B562s Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Norman Bethune (1890-1939) was a man who had everything, and yet had nothing. Although he had achieved international prominence as a surgeon, he was unhappy in his personal life and deeply frustrated by a failed attempt to introduce medicare to Canada. An uncompromising humanitarian in search of a cause, Bethune became immersed in the Spanish Civil War. In Bethune in Spain, Roderick Stewart and Jesús Majada recount Bethune's achievements in Spain and the events that led to his decision to assist the Loyalist forces. The narrative contains Bethune's letters and reports, some of them reproduced here for the first time, as well as newspaper articles, and interviews with him. It covers his creation and operation of a mobile blood transfusion unit, his rescue of fleeing Loyalist civilians during the Malaga-Almeria road tragedy, and his efforts to aid children orphaned by the War. It also deals with the gruelling public-speaking tour Bethune undertook on his return to Canada in 1937 to plead for intervention in support of democracy in Spain and to raise awareness of atrocities committed against civilians by the fascist-backed Spanish Nationalists. Illustrated with photographs from Bethune's seven months in Spain, Bethune in Spain is a poignant portrait of an early advocate for universal health care, an unwavering communist, and a crusader for the Spanish Republican cause."--From publisher.
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2008., Penguin Canada Call No: Bio B386r Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary Canadians
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2017., McGill-Queen University Press Call No: Bio S454m Edition: ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2010., The McEuen Scholarship Foundation Call No: QWF SC 378.3 M142a c.2 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2007., Published for the Macdonald-Stewart Foundation by McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: SC Bio M1354f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2004., Novalis Call No: QWF Bio W227b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Out of the ordinary.
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Ã2017., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: QWF Bio R368w Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Footprints series Volume: 25.Summary Note: "Wrestling With Life is the autobiography of George Reinitz. George was 12 years old when he and his family were taken from their home in Hungary and deported to Auschwitz. George recounts experiences in one of the worst places humans ever created, how he learned and used survival skills, skills that he later applied to building his business . Following his liberation from Auschwitz George made his way back to his home town of Szikszo, Hungary. He remained there for a few years and then made his way to Canada as part of the Orphans' Project. He arrived in Canada in 1948 with nothing in his pockets but his hands. George settled in Montreal and accomplished a great deal. He became a world class wrestler; he competed in international events and became the flag bearer for the Canadian team at the Maccabiah games in 1957--less than ten years after arriving in Canada. George started working immediately upon his arrival in Canada; his first job was at the Richstone Bakery. After working at a number of jobs which included working at the tobacco harvest on a farm in Ontario, George found his calling in the furniture business. He formed his own company, Jaymar Furniture, which became a leading manufacturer and a company which still operates successfully in Quebec. Wrestling With Life is a moving account of a child's survival under the most difficult of circumstances. It tells the story of one man's hard-won success as a businessman and an athlete who also devoted himself to philanthropy."--
