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    612-822-4611

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Firelight and Saltwater: The Life of Mary Seacole

Firelight and Saltwater: The Life of Mary Seacole

Kensley, Liora

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ISBN10: 1257123181
ISBN13: 9781257123186
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: Oct 16 2025
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
In the age of empire and war, one woman crossed oceans to heal the wounded and defy the expectations of her time. Born in Jamaica to a free Black mother and a Scottish father, she rose from the margins of the British world to become one of the most remarkable figures of the nineteenth century. Her journey-from Kingston to Panama to the bloody battlefields of Crimea-was one of persistence, compassion, and unapologetic courage. While others shut their doors to her because of her race and gender, she built her own path. With little more than skill, determination, and an unshakable belief in her calling, she nursed soldiers back to life, comforted the dying, and ran a thriving business at the edge of war. Her voice, preserved in her own autobiography, reveals a wit and humanity that refused to fade, even when history tried to forget her. This book revisits her extraordinary life through the lens of modern understanding-exploring how race, gender, and empire shaped her legacy and how her story continues to challenge the boundaries of who gets remembered. It is a story of resilience and defiance, of healing across cultures, and of one woman who refused to be erased.

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