| Description |
455 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
An apple a day: family, youth, and adolescence -- College education: Joseph Warren and the rainspout -- Apprentice physician -- Breaking the smallpox's siege of Boston -- Graph Iatroos and a Medical Society for Massachusetts -- Healing waters -- A case of medical malpractice -- Patient interactions -- A commonwealth of masons -- Patriotism's spark -- Apprentice politician -- High son of liberty -- Family and love life -- Stage center -- The way to war -- Military affairs -- Siege of Boston -- Final act -- Aftermath -- Into history -- On fame and forgetfulness. |
| Summary |
"Dr. Joseph Warren conducted what was surely the most unusual medical practice in America's early history. He collected key military intelligence prior to the Revolutionary War from a network of spies acting as patients and was among early American doctors to use dead bodies for anatomical study. However, that is only part of his story. By virtue of directing the original Minute-men, Warren is considered a founder of the Army National Guard. He served as president of the 1775 Massachusetts Provincial Congress, where he advocated for a military accountable only to elected government, and as a Freemasonry Grand Master. Finally, as a military general, Warren was the first high-ranking American officer killed during the Revolutionary War. This definitive biography is accompanied by an enlightening series of appendices, which include a forensic reconstruction of the doctor's account books."--Jacket. |
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Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775.
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Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
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Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Soldiers -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
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Physicians -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
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Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775.
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Physicians.
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Massachusetts.
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Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775. (OCoLC)fst00009372
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American Revolution (1775-1783) (OCoLC)fst01351668
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Physicians. (OCoLC)fst01062841
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Soldiers. (OCoLC)fst01125233
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Massachusetts. (OCoLC)fst01204307
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Massachusetts -- Boston.
(OCoLC)fst01205012
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1775-1783
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
Doctor Joseph Warren |
| ISBN |
9781455614745 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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1455614742 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9781455615476 (e-book) |
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1455615471 (e-book) |
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