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BURMA SURGEON RETURNS
Gordon Stifler Seagrave
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BURMA SURGEON RETURNS

by Gordon Stifler Seagrave

Norton · 1946

Peak rank

#5

Weeks on list

13

Debuted

March 1946

Chart History

#1510151946

13 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list, peaking at #5

"Recent years have offered no more human story than Dr. Seagrave's Burma Surgeon, the account of his medical mission in the jungle wilds and his experiences in the battle of Burma. Now in this new book, he tells what happened to himself and his hospital unit after the retreat with Stilwell. Safe at last in India, survivors of an epic struggle, bereft of home and family, the doctor and his nurses felt that it was the end of all their hard work and dreams; but they had only one thought---to help drive the Japs out of Burma, and some day to see again their home in Namkham. ... Throughout his exprience Dr. Seagrave writes of the medical problems and achievements of his unit in his own entertaining and heartfelt style, and as the unit shares in the liberation of Burma he discusses the future of medicine and missions, sanely, humorously and with a strong love for Burma and its people."--Dust jacket flap.

All Appearances

5↑1April 7, 1946wk 2
6May 5, 1946wk 6
9↓3May 12, 1946wk 7
9May 19, 1946wk 8
8↑1May 26, 1946wk 9
10↓2June 2, 1946wk 10
11↓1June 9, 1946wk 11
15↓4June 16, 1946wk 12

Details

Published
1946
Pages
294
Publisher
Norton
Categories
Medicine

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