Phoenix : The Life of Norman Bethune - Roderick Stewart

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Phoenix

The Life of Norman Bethune

By: Roderick Stewart, Sharon Stewart

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Paperback | 6 October 2012

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Restless, dynamic, conflicted, a surgeon, an artist, and a writer, Norman Bethune was an extraordinary Canadian. Brilliant, yet erratic, Bethune's life was characterized by cycles of achievement and self-destruction and his adventurous spirit led him from the operating rooms of Montreal to the battlegrounds of Spain and China. In Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune Roderick and Sharon Stewart provide the intriguing details of Bethune's controversial career as a surgeon, his turbulent personal life, his passionate crusade to eradicate tuberculosis, and his pioneering commitment to the establishment of medicare in Canada. They also examine the reasoning that led Bethune to embrace Marxism and show the depth of his faith in the triumph of communism over fascism - a commitment that drove him to take risk after risk and ultimately led to his death from an infection caught while performing battlefield surgery in remote northern China. Based on extensive research in Canada, Spain, and China, and in-depth interviews with Bethune's family, friends, colleagues, and patients, Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune is the definitive Bethune biography for our time.

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"The Stewarts have done an extraordinary job in their new biography. They travelled to many of the places where Bethune lived and worked, talked to old Party members who remembered him, and assimilated much new material into their narrative. The book is beautifully written, with a clear narrative. Providing excellent background information on the times, they keep Bethune in the foreground and make him a much more complex, exasperating, and admirable man than the pottery statue of Chinese propaganda." The Tyee "Phoenix makes a compelling read. Phoenix is both readable and authoritative. It dispels many of the myths which have grown around Bethune, and presents him warts and all. The book will be a valuable contribution to history's view of Bethune." Spectrum "Thorough, objective, well-written, exhaustive and highly readable, Phoenix should become the definitive basis for all serious discussion of Bethune." The Globe and Mail "Phoenix makes a compelling read. Phoenix is both readable and authoritative. It dispels many of the myths which have grown around Bethune, and presents him warts and all. The book will be a valuable contribution to history's view of Bethune." Surgeon's News, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh "I have no doubt that Phoenix is the ultimate last word on Norman Bethune, warts and all. The twin authors render his life in minute detail. This is an outstanding biography of a man who should be better known in the town where he once played basketball for his local high school. The hero of millions, Norman Bethune once walked the streets of Owen Sound." Andrew Armitage, The Sun Times "Masterful biography (...) engaging-at times, enthralling-page turner." Canadian Literature

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Maps
Spain, October 1937-February 1938	p. 156
Bethune's Journey from Hankou to Wutai, February-June 1935	p. 253
Detail of Jin-Cha-Ji Border Region	p. 291
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface: The Bethune Trail	p. xi
A Pain in the Neck: Childhood and Early Youth, 1890-1907	p. 3
Tempering: Work and War, September 1907-February 1919	p. 20
Vanity Fair: London, 1919-1924	p. 32
Slough of Despond: Detroit and Saranac Lake, 1924-1927	p. 46
Born Again: Ray Brook and Montreal, 1928-1931	p. 73
The Hill of Difficulty: Travels, Montreal, September 1931-November 1933	p. 88
Awakenings: Montreal, Autumn 1933-November 1935	p. 104
True Believer: Montreal, December 1935-October 1936	p. 127
Blood: Madrid, November 1936-January 1937	p. 155
The Path with Lions: Madrid, Valencia, Almería, January-February 1937	p. 177
Clipped Wings: Madrid, Valencia, March-June 1937	p. 196
Preaching the Faith: The Speaking Tour, June-October 1937	p. 212
Entr'acte: Montreal, New York City, October-December 1937	p. 240
Into the Fray: Hankou to Xi'an, 7 February-29 March 1938	p. 252
Mission: Yan'an, Jin-Cha-Ji, 30 March-19 July 1938	p. 274
Kingly Comrade: Jin-Cha-Ji, July, 1938-January 1939	p. 297
The Narrow Gate: Jin-Cha-Ji, December 1938-June 1939	p. 338
The Celestial City: Jin-Cha-Ji, July-November 1939	p. 353
Epilogue	p. 369
Note on Sources	p. 379
Notes	p. 381
Bibliography	p. 455
Index	p. 465
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