{"product_id":"a-canterbury-tale-the-autobiography-of-dr-francis-bennett-1980-1st-edition","title":"A CANTERBURY TALE: The Autobiography of Dr Francis Bennett 1980 1st edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eA CANTERBURY TALE: The Autobiography of Dr Francis Bennett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Dr Francis Bennett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 0195580656\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: small hardcover with dust jacket \u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Oxford University Press 1980, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 160 w x 245 h x 20 h\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 249\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A4\/2408\/0365\/K574\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nFrancis Oswald Bennett OBE 1898 – 1976 was a New Zealand medical doctor, military medical administrator and writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis tells of his country childhood, the years at medical school in Dunedin, and his uncertain beginning as a general practitioner during the Depression, in the mining towns of the West Coast. After his return to Christchurch in the mid 1930s, his professional reputation steadily increased. He also tells of his service in both World Wars, in the first as a private, trying to get to France before the fighting stopped; and in the second in command of a hospital ship in the British Pacific Fleet, which played a crucial role in the rescue of British POWs from Japanese internment camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes monochrome images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nImmaculate with light wear on dust jacket, light wear on end papers, page as new. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450880246052,"sku":null,"price":44.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/2152327792.jpg?v=1784021893","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/a-canterbury-tale-the-autobiography-of-dr-francis-bennett-1980-1st-edition","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}