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Gifted hands : the Ben Carson story (Motion picture) -- Sources.
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Carson, Ben.
Carson, Ben.
Gifted hands : the Ben Carson story (Motion picture) -- Sources.
Neurosurgeons, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Neurosurgeons -- United States -- Biography.
Surgeons, Black -- Biography.
Surgeons -- United States -- Biography.
Physicians, Black -- Maryland -- Biography.
Physicians -- United States -- Biography
Mothers and sons -- Biography.
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Gifted
hands
: the
Ben
Carson
story
/
Ben
Carson
with Cecil Murphey ; [introduction by Candy
Carson
].
by
Carson
,
Ben
.
Zondervan, [2011], c1990.
Call #:
617.48092 C321g
Subjects
Carson
,
Ben
.
Gifted
hands
: the
Ben
Carson
story
(
Motion
picture
)
--
Sources
.
Neurosurgeons, Black
--
United States
--
Biography.
Neurosurgeons
--
United States
--
Biography.
Surgeons, Black
--
Biography.
Surgeons
--
United States
--
Biography.
Physicians, Black
--
Maryland
--
Biography.
Physicians
--
United States
--
Biography
Mothers and sons
--
Biography.
ISBN:
9780310332909 (hc.)
0310332907 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Ben
Carson
story
Edition:
20th anniversary edition.
Description:
240 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
"With a letter to the reader from
Ben
's mother"--Cover.
Contents:
A letter from Sonya
Carson
--
Introduction
--
"Goodbye, daddy"
--
Carrying the load
--
Eight years old
--
Two positives
--
A boy's big problem
--
A terrible temper
--
ROTC triumph
--
College choices
--
Changing the rules
--
A serious step
--
Another step forward
--
Coming into my own
--
A special year
--
A girl named Maranda
--
Heartbreak
--
Little Beth
--
Three special children
--
Craig and Susan
--
Separating the twins
--
The rest of their
story
--
Family affairs
--
Think big.
Summary:
"Young
Ben
Carson
didn't have much of a chance. Growing up in a broken home amongst poverty and prejudice, his grades suffered and his temper flared. And yet, his mother never lost her faith in him. Insisting he follow the opportunities she never had, she helped to grow his imagination, intelligence and, most importantly, his belief in himself. That faith would be his gift - the thing that would drive him to follow his dream of becoming one of the world's leading neurosurgeons. Pediatric neurosurgeon
Ben
Carson
tells the
story
of his childhood in inner city Detroit, his rise through the military officer training program, ROTC, medical school, his appointment at Johns Hopkins at the age of thirty-three, and the life-saving breakthrough neurogsurgeries he has performed"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Other authors:
Murphey, Cecil B.
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