Bibliograph

Answering the call, the doctor who made Africa his life : the remarkable story of Albert Schweitzer, by Ken Gire

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Answering the call, the doctor who made Africa his life : the remarkable story of Albert Schweitzer, by Ken Gire

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Answering the call

Medium

text large print

Oclc number

811006837

Responsibility statement

by Ken Gire

Sub title

the doctor who made Africa his life : the remarkable story of Albert Schweitzer

Summary

As a young man, Albert Schweitzer seemed destined for greatness. His immense talent and fortitude propelled him to a place as one of Europe<U+2019>s most renowned philosophers, theologians, and musicians in the early twentieth century. Yet Schweitzer shocked his contemporaries by forsaking worldly success and embarking on an epic journey into the wilds of French Equatorial Africa, vowing to serve as a lifelong physician to “the least of these” in a mysterious land rife with famine, sickness, and superstition

Target audience

adult

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