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A Scientific Revolution

Ten Men and Women Who Reinvented American Medicine

By: Ralph H. Hruban,William Linder

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A Scientific Revolution

Ten Men and Women Who Reinvented American Medicine

By: Ralph H. Hruban,William Linder

A prismatic examination of the evolution of medicine, from a trade to a science, through the exemplary lives of ten men and women. Johns Hopkins University, one of the preeminent medical schools in the nation today, has played a unique role in the history of medicine. When it first opened its doors in 1893, medicine was a rough-and-ready trade. It would soon evolve into a rigorous science. It was nothing short of a revolution. This transition might seem inevitable from our vantage point today. In recent years, medical science has mapped the human genome, deployed robotic tools to perform delicate surgeries, and developed effective vaccines against a host of deadly pathogens. But this transformation could not have happened without the game-changing vision, talent, and dedication of a small cadre of individuals who were willing to commit body and soul to the advancement of medical science, education, and treatment. A Scientific Revolution recounts the stories of John Shaw Billings, Max Brödel, Mary Elizabeth Garrett, William Halsted, Jesse Lazear, Dorothy Reed Mendenhall, William Osler, Helen Taussig, Vivien Thomas, and William Welch. This chorus of lives tells a compelling tale not just of their individual struggles, but how personal and societal issues went hand-in-hand with the advancement of medicine.

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291

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Simon and Schuster

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1639361480

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9781639361489

Forgotten Heroes

Police Officers Killed in Early Florida, 1840-1925

By: William Wilbanks

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Forgotten Heroes

Police Officers Killed in Early Florida, 1840-1925

By: William Wilbanks

The stories of 117 officers, from the years 1840 through 1925, who were killed in the line of duty.

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232

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5631140705

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9785631140707

The Biohistory of Florida

By: Francis William Zettler

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The Biohistory of Florida

By: Francis William Zettler

Florida has an amazing biohistory. Its fossil record reveals that 8-ton ground sloths, giant beavers, and tiny horses once roamed its 66,000 square miles. Its human history is the story of people who arrived some 12,000 years ago after a journey that took them from Asia across the Bering land bridge and then south across the North American continent. Today, Florida is home to historic St. Augustine, the futuristic Kennedy Space Center, and the mysterious Everglades. Hosting a diverse ecology and a rich human history, Florida now faces a tenuous future as its natural resources are depleted, new species of plants, animals and diseases invade, and climate changes loom. This fascinating biohistory, prehistoric to present-day, and with an eye to the future, is told with verve and clarity. The result is a fascinating story of how they all interrelate.

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180

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1561649651

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9781561649655

Crafting the Overseer's Image

By: William E. Wiethoff

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Crafting the Overseer's Image

By: William E. Wiethoff

The first book-length study of the overseer in four decades, Wiethoff's study bridges historical, legal, and rhetorical scholarship to present a provocative investigation into the multifaceted roles of this oft-forgotten figure in plantation society. Wiethoff canvasses the period from 1650 through 1865 and across a southern expanse that stretches to include the Upper and Deep South. Overseers left scant written evidence about their lives and times, but Wiethoff unearths characterizations constructed by friends and enemies, neighbors and strangers. He also mines the legal record to gauge the impact of legislative and case law rhetoric on public memory.

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256

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1570036462

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9781570036460

William Tecumseh Sherman: Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman (LOA #51)

By: William Tecumseh Sherman

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William Tecumseh Sherman: Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman (LOA #51)

By: William Tecumseh Sherman

Hailed as prophet of modern war and condemned as a harbinger of modern barbarism, William Tecumseh Sherman is the most controversial general of the American Civil War. “War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it,” he wrote in fury to the Confederate mayor of Atlanta, and his memoir is filled with dozens of such wartime exchanges. With the propulsive energy and intelligence that marked his campaigns, Sherman describes striking incidents and anecdotes and collects dozens of his incisive and often outspoken wartime orders and reports. This complex self-portrait of an innovative and relentless American warrior provides firsthand accounts of the war’s crucial events—Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, the Atlanta campaign, the marches through Georgia and the Carolinas. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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1086

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Library of America

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0940450658

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9780940450653

Biggles' Big Adventures

Biggles in the Baltic/Biggles Sees It Through/Biggles Flies North/Biggles in the Jungle

By: William Earl Johns

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Biggles' Big Adventures

Biggles in the Baltic/Biggles Sees It Through/Biggles Flies North/Biggles in the Jungle

By: William Earl Johns

Four action-packed adventure stories featuring Squadron Leader James Bigglesworth - aka Biggles. Known to boys all over the world as Biggles, Squadron Leader James Bigglesworth is the archetypal British hero. Bound together in one bumper volume, here is Biggles at his fighting best in four of his most daring adventures: tackling a gang of slavers in the jungles of South America, foiling the plans of his Nazi enemy, von Stalheim, in the icy wastes of the Arctic, battling crooks in Canada to help an old friend, setting up an airbase at the very edge of the Nazi empire at the outbreak of war. For men who were fans of these stirring tales in their youth, here is an opportunity to enjoy them again, and wonder at their enduring power to thrill. For a new generation of readers these four full length novels make the ideal introduction to the adventurous lives of Biggles and his famous crew: Flight Lieutenant the Hon. Algernon 'Algy' Lacy and Flying Officer 'Ginger' Hebblethwaite.

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781

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Crows Nest

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1741754070

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9781741754070

Book's by William Earl Johns

A Scientific Revolution

A Scientific Revolution

Forgotten Heroes

Forgotten Heroes

The Biohistory of Florida

The Biohistory of Florida

Crafting the Overseer's Image

Crafting the Overseer's Image

William Tecumseh Sherman: Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman (LOA #51)

William Tecumseh Sherman: Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman (LOA #51)

Biggles' Big Adventures

Biggles' Big Adventures

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