Extraordinary Canadians: Norman Bethune

by Adrienne Clarkson

Book Overview

The stormy and inspirational life of a Canadian doctor who is a hero in China. 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670067318
• ISBN13: 9780670067312
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Penguin Books Canada
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher