The Albert Schweitzer - Helene Bresslau Letters, 1902-1912

By Rhena Schweitzer Miller, Albert Schweitzer, Antje Bultmann Lemke, et al.

This book provides the only personal portrait of Schweitzer, here as a young man on a quest to better the lot of humankind, and of the woman who helped to shape that pursuit. Schweitzer was twenty-six and Helene Bresslau twenty-two when they met. He was preparing for an academic life in theology and philosophy, while his skill as a musician supplemented his intellectual work. Helene stepped beyond the conventions of the day by entering the nursing field, by founding a welfare program for single mothers, and fearlessly stating her own opinions. While Schweitzer searched for his path, Bresslau provided the sounding board for many of his ideas.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081562994X
• ISBN13: 9780815629948
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"