Extraordinary Canadians: Norman Bethune

Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Extraordinary Canadians: Norman Bethune by Adrienne Clarkson, Penguin Canada
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Author: Adrienne Clarkson ISBN: 9780143175209
Publisher: Penguin Canada Publication: March 31, 2009
Imprint: Penguin Canada Language: English
Author: Adrienne Clarkson
ISBN: 9780143175209
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Publication: March 31, 2009
Imprint: Penguin Canada
Language: English

Honoured as a hero in China, Ontario-born Norman Bethune was a surgeon, medical innovator, and charismatic political activist who deployed his skills on the battlefields of Spain and China in the 1930s. His prodigious energy included inventing surgical instruments, mobile blood-transfusion units, teaching, and advocating for social justice at home and abroad. Adrienne Clarkson, a Chinese Canadian, has always been fascinated by the dynamic man who married his social conscience to his medical mission. Reviled as a Communist by some, revered as a humanitarian by others, Bethune was a complicated, inspirational figure who lived and loved on a large canvas.

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Honoured as a hero in China, Ontario-born Norman Bethune was a surgeon, medical innovator, and charismatic political activist who deployed his skills on the battlefields of Spain and China in the 1930s. His prodigious energy included inventing surgical instruments, mobile blood-transfusion units, teaching, and advocating for social justice at home and abroad. Adrienne Clarkson, a Chinese Canadian, has always been fascinated by the dynamic man who married his social conscience to his medical mission. Reviled as a Communist by some, revered as a humanitarian by others, Bethune was a complicated, inspirational figure who lived and loved on a large canvas.

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