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Insight into Civil War Medicine,
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This review is from: Adventures of a 19th-Century Medic: The Life and Times of Dr. William Hunt, 1810-1882 (Paperback)
His medical education at Transylvania, experiences in the Cherokee removal to Oklahoma, the Mexican War, the Gold Rush and the Civil War make this biography of William Hunt, M.D. most interesting reading. Having just heard Alice Hunt Lynn Howell speak and having read the book, I can recommend it to anyone interested in Civil War era medicine or the divided loyalties in East Tennessee. Some say sentiments in East Tennessee were the most equally divided of any section in the nation. Dr. Hunt's imprisonment in Tuscaloosa when he was a suspected conspirator in the Lincoln-approved Bridge Burning incident in 1861 was a highlight. Since he was a brother-in-law of "Parson" Brownlow, editor of the Knoxville Whig and post-war Governor of Tennessee, who mentioned him often, and since he was quite literate himself, Dr. Hunt left a paper trail that enabled his descendant to write this highly recommended book. The well-chosen illustrations, references and comprehensive index make it a useful tool for the professional historian.
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Adventures of a 19th-Century Medic: The Life and Times of Dr. William Hunt, 1810-1882 by Alice Hunt Lynn Howell (Paperback - May 1998)
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