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A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“SIGNED by "John Heminway", see photos. Dust Jacket very lightly worn, now in mylar protector, ...
ISBN
9781524732974

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1524732974
ISBN-13
9781524732974
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237970633

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
In Full Flight : a Story of Africa and Atonement
Publication Year
2018
Subject
Women, Holocaust, Physicians, Africa / General, Medical, Women's Studies, Occupational & Industrial Medicine, Disasters & Disaster Relief
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Travel, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Medical, History
Author
John Heminway
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
18.5 Oz
Item Length
14.7 in
Item Width
7.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-021058
Reviews
"An amazing illustration of how complicated a human life can be. Anne Spoerry, the subject of this almost unbelievable tale, was a woman of incredible self-discipline. Most of her friends, myself included, never really knew much about her to the end. An extraordinary, well-written story." --Richard Leakey "No one I know has a more spiritual understanding of Africa than John Heminway, and In Full Flight you are taken into the soul of the continent in a way that will astonish, inspire, and linger. It is a literary safari of the highest order." --Tom Brokaw " In Full Flight proves once again that true stories are the best. No novelist could invent a more intriguing, haunted heroine than Dr. Anne Spoerry--or a life that would take her from disgrace in a Nazi concentration camp to redemption on the wild plains of Africa. John Heminway is an exceptional journalist who also happens to be a thoughtful and compelling writer." --Christopher Buckley "John Heminway's In Full Flight left me quite literally stunned, not only by the story itself, of a woman whose journey took her from the heart of Nazi darkness to broad, sunlit uplands of Africa, but also by the author's extraordinary journalistic gifts. A book to chill and warm the human heart." --Carl Hiaasen
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
610.92
Synopsis
As a member of the renowned Flying Doctors Service, Dr. Anne Spoerry treated hundreds of thousands of people across rural Kenya over the span of fifty years, earning herself the cherished nickname "Mama Daktari"--"Mother Doctor." Yet few knew that what drove her from post-World War II Europe to Africa was a past marked by rebellion, submission, and personal decisions that earned her another nickname--this one sinister--while working as a "doctor" in a Nazi concentration camp. In Full Flight explores the question of whether it is possible to rewrite one's past by doing good in the present, and takes readers on an extraordinary journey into a dramatic life punctuated by both courage and weakness and driven by a powerful need to atone., Over the span of fifty years, Dr. Anne Spoerry, French by birth, treated hundreds of thousands of individuals across rural Kenya. A member of the renowned Flying Doctors Service, Spoerry earned the cherished nickname "Mama Daktari"--"Mother Doctor"--from the people of Kenya. Yet few knew what drove her from post-World War II Europe to Africa. Now, in the first comprehensive story of her life, her revered selflessness gives way to a past marked by rebellion and submission, during which she earned another nickname--this one sinister working as a "doctor" in a Nazi concentration camp. In Full Flight explores the question of whether it is possible to rewrite one's troubled past simply by doing good in the present. Informed by Spoerry's own journals, a trove of previously untapped files, and numerous interviews with those who knew her in Europe or Africa, John Heminway takes readers on a remarkable journey through Africa and into a dramatic life punctuated by both courage and weakness and driven by a powerful need to atone.
LC Classification Number
R507.S64H46 2018

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