Title: Wonderful adventures of Mrs. Seacole in many lands /
Authors: Seacole, Mary, 1805-1881; Andrews, William L.; Cairns Collection of American Women Writers
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Seacole, Mary,; Crimean War, 1853-1856 Personal narratives, Jamaican.; Black people Jamaica Biography.; Women Jamaica Biography.; History of Nursing
Contents: I. My birth and parentage - Early tastes and travels - Marriage, and widowhood -- II. Struggles for life - The cholera in Jamaica - I leave Kingston for the Isthmus of Panama - Chagres, Navy Bay, and Gatun - Life in Panama - Up to the River Chagres to Gorgona and Cruces -- III. My reception at the Independent Hotel - A Cruces table d'Hôte - Life in Cruces - Amusements of the crowds - A novel four-post bed -- IV. An unwelcome visitor in Cruces - The cholera - Success of the yellow doctress - Fearful scene at the mule-owner's - The burying parties - The cholera attacks me -- V. American sympathy - I take an hotel in Cruces - My customers - Lola Montes - Miss Hayes and the bishop - Gambling in Cruces - Quarrels amongst the travelers - New Granadian military - The thieves of Cruces - A narrow escape --^