The World of Albert Schweitzer: A Book of Photographs
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
In this profound and visually captivating photographic monument, celebrated filmmaker and photojournalist Erica Anderson captures an intimate, definitive record of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Albert Schweitzer. The narrative follows Schweitzer’s immense humanitarian sacrifices, moving seamlessly between his historic, pioneering jungle hospital in Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon), and his ancestral roots in the quiet villages of Alsace. Anderson's lens masterfully illuminates the daily rhythms of "Reverence for Life" in action—documenting Schweitzer as a physician, philosopher, theologian, and musician. The World of Albert Schweitzer serves as an invaluable reference copy for historical photography collectors, theologians, and students of mid-century African medical history. This 1955 hardback features exceptional, deep-gravure black-and-white plates accompanied by insightful, sensitive textual commentary and captions compiled by Eugene Exman. Preserved with its authentic, era-specific dust jacket displaying striking landscape imagery, this volume remains a moving, timeless testament to one of the 20th century’s most extraordinary humanitarian journeys.
Author: Erica Anderson (With text and captions by Eugene Exman)
Format: Hardback
Genre: Photography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
In this profound and visually captivating photographic monument, celebrated filmmaker and photojournalist Erica Anderson captures an intimate, definitive record of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Albert Schweitzer. The narrative follows Schweitzer’s immense humanitarian sacrifices, moving seamlessly between his historic, pioneering jungle hospital in Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon), and his ancestral roots in the quiet villages of Alsace. Anderson's lens masterfully illuminates the daily rhythms of "Reverence for Life" in action—documenting Schweitzer as a physician, philosopher, theologian, and musician. The World of Albert Schweitzer serves as an invaluable reference copy for historical photography collectors, theologians, and students of mid-century African medical history. This 1955 hardback features exceptional, deep-gravure black-and-white plates accompanied by insightful, sensitive textual commentary and captions compiled by Eugene Exman. Preserved with its authentic, era-specific dust jacket displaying striking landscape imagery, this volume remains a moving, timeless testament to one of the 20th century’s most extraordinary humanitarian journeys.