audiobook The Rebirth of African Civilization by Chancellor Williams in History

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A New York Times Best Seller!When Jonathan Letterman was appointed the chief medical officer of the Army of the Potomac; he revolutionized combat medicine over the course of four major battles—Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; and Gettysburg. He made battlefield survival possible by creating the first organized ambulance corps and a more effective field hospital system. Confronting conditions of squalor; poor nutrition; and rampant disease that left 20 percent of the men unfit to fight; Letterman improved health and combat readiness by pioneering hygiene and diet standards.With stirring accounts of battles and the struggle to invent and supply adequate care during impossible conditions; Surgeon in Blue recounts Letterman’s life from his small-town Pennsylvania beginnings to his trailblazing wartime years and his subsequent career as a wildcatter and the medical examiner of San Francisco. At last; here is the missing portrait of a key figure of Civil War history and military medicine. His principles of battlefield care are still implemented on today’s battlefields and by first responders.Skyhorse Publishing; along with our Arcade; Good Books; Sports Publishing; and Yucca imprints; is proud to publish a broad range of biographies; autobiographies; and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin; Nelson Mandela; and Alexander Graham Bell; as well as villains from history; such as Heinrich Himmler; John Wayne Gacy; and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II; memoirs about overcoming adversity; first-hand tales of adventure; and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a national bestseller; we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.