Forest Doctor by Cecil Northcott

Forest Doctor

The Story of Albert Schweitzer

by Cecil Northcott

Lutterworth Press, 1958, coloured frontispiece, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing to edges and corners, previous owners presentation plate on front end-paper, price-clipped dust-jacket shows some edge and shelf wear with rubbing, chipping, small tears and creasing (see photographs)

"Albert Schweitzer, the Forest Doctor of Lambarene in French Equatorial Africa, has spent forty years of his life in his forest hospital.  What made him - musician, philosopher, theologian - leave Europe for Africa?  The answer makes on of the most thrilling tales of our time."