EPISODE · Aug 21, 2026 · 2H 38M
Backwash Of War The Human Wreckage Of The Battlefield As Witnessed By An American Hospital Nurse-Ellen Newbold La Motte
from Hospital Sketches · host Louisa May Alcott
Alcott in 1862 served as a nurse in Georgetown, D.C during the Civil War. She wrote home what she observed there. Those harrowing and sometimes humorous letters compiled make up Hospital Sketches. (Summary by Aaron Elliott)
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