The facemaker : a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I / Lindsey Fitzharris.
"A biography of the plastic surgeon Harold Gillies with an emphasis on the development of plastic surgery during WWI"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374282301
- ISBN: 0374282307
- Physical Description: xii, 315 pages, 16 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-294) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: "An unlovely object" -- The ballerina's rump -- The silver ghost -- Special duty -- A strange new art -- The chamber of horrors -- The mirrorless ward -- Tin noses and steel hearts -- The miracle workers -- The boys on blue benches -- Percy -- Heroic failures -- Against all odds -- All that glitters. |
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Genre: | Biographies. |
Available copies
- 22 of 22 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 2 current holds with 22 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Abington Community Library | 617.092 FITZHAR (Text) | 50687011783431 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Albright Memorial Library | 617.092 FITZHAR (Text) | 50686016178696 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Altoona Area Public Library | 617.092 FIT (Text) | 33240004730779 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Cambria County Library | 617.092 G481F (Text) | 85131001832535 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Carbondale Public Library | 617.092 FITZHAR (Text) | 50688010846914 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Dover Area Community Library | Adults 617.09 FIT Nonfiction (Text) | 34217000832097 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Emmaus Public Library | 617.092 FITZ (Text) | 36446002066259 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Exeter Community Library | GIL (Text) | 33249025340252 | Biography | Available | - |
Harbaugh-Thomas Library (Biglerville) | BIOG GILL-H (Text)
Endowment:
Named Endowment In Memory of John Willis Beidler, and in Honor of Dr. J. Garry Beidler, Dr. Philip D. Beidler and Mrs. Robert C. Dean, 2022
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35740635849987 | Biography | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | 617.092 Fitzharris History (Text) | 39427103711768 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |