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Beyond All Priceis a historical book, based on the true life tale of Nellie M. Run after, a Union nurse during America's Civil War. History books have recorded only a few lines about her experiences as a Civil War nurse. She left no personal words and no formal data, but those whose lives she touched kept in mind her as an angel of mercy. Her tale, informed here by a tuned historian, is factual whenever occurrences can be recorded. Fictional descriptions, discussions, and transitions strive to reflect the real nature of the time in which she lived and battled. She had eloped at the age of 19 with a man she later found out was a "drunk, a gambler, a liar, a forger, and a thief". She was strong enough to flee from that potentially abusive romantic relationship and resourceful enough to find a job as clothing collection mistress for a movie theater. The woman with whom she shared an individual room in a squalid tenement got an overdose of opium in an effort to get away a life of prostitution. Nellie joined up with the Union Military, because life in the midst of a war appeared safer than the one she had been living. She found a house with the 100th Pennsylvania Regiment, a group of volunteers whose nickname was The Roundhead Regiment for their strong religious values. She assumed so passionately in her country's cause that she displayed a soldier's bravery. Her skill and compassion led one of her patients to create, "Even here, amid the roar and carnage, was found a female with the heart and soul to dare risk; the center to sympathize with the battle-stricken; sense, skill, and experience to make her a treasure beyond all price." She was evenly at home managing a southern plantation filled with forgotten slaves, a battlefield functioning place, or a 600-bed military medical center. But after the battle, her deep-seated need to devote her life to a suitable cause continued to drive her attempts until she confronted an adversary more lethal than battle.
