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Gifted hands : the Ben Carson story / / by: Zondervan

By: Carson, BenContributor(s): Murphey, CecilMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan 2011Description: 224 p., [8] pages of plates ill. 18 cmISBN: 9780310214694; 0310214696Subject(s): Carson, Ben | Neurosurgery -- Biography | History of Medicine | მედიცინის ისტორიაGenre/Form: Neurosurgery -- Personal Narratives.
Contents:
Letter from Sonya Carson -- Introduction / Candy Carson -- Goodbye Daddy -- Carrying the load -- Eight years old -- Two positives -- Boy's big problem -- Terrible temper -- ROTC triumph -- College choices -- Changing the rules -- Serious step -- Another step forward -- Coming into my own -- Special year -- Girl named Maranda -- Heartbreak -- Little Beth -- Three special children -- Craig and Susan -- Separating the twins -- Rest of their story -- Family affairs -- Think big.
Summary: "Dr. Ben Carson is known around the world for breakthroughs in neurosurgery that have brought hope where no hope existed. In Gifted Hands, he tells of his inspiring odyssey from his childhood in inner-city Detroit to his position as director of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Medical Institutions at age thirty-three. Taking you into the operating room where he has saved countless lives, Ben Carson is a role model for anyone who attempts the seemingly impossible."--Page 4 of cover.
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Originally published: Hagerstown, Maryland : Review and Herald Publishing Association, ©1990.

Letter from Sonya Carson -- Introduction / Candy Carson -- Goodbye Daddy -- Carrying the load -- Eight years old -- Two positives -- Boy's big problem -- Terrible temper -- ROTC triumph -- College choices -- Changing the rules -- Serious step -- Another step forward -- Coming into my own -- Special year -- Girl named Maranda -- Heartbreak -- Little Beth -- Three special children -- Craig and Susan -- Separating the twins -- Rest of their story -- Family affairs -- Think big.

"Dr. Ben Carson is known around the world for breakthroughs in neurosurgery that have brought hope where no hope existed. In Gifted Hands, he tells of his inspiring odyssey from his childhood in inner-city Detroit to his position as director of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Medical Institutions at age thirty-three. Taking you into the operating room where he has saved countless lives, Ben Carson is a role model for anyone who attempts the seemingly impossible."--Page 4 of cover.

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