Carson, Ben 1951-

Gifted hands : the Ben Carson story / Ben Carson, Cecil Murphey - Michigan, United States : Zondervan, 2011 - 224 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm


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.

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