This tale of two families is set on a grand scale, as James Thomas Flexner brings his talents to bear on his own noteworthy heritage. An American Saga is an historical narrative, grounded on documentary sources, which ends with the marriage of Helen Thomas and Simon Flexner. The account deals equally with the lives and the backgrounds of husband and wife, the author's parents. Simon Flexner was the famous medical investigator, discoverer of the Flexner vacillus and the Flexner serum, who became the creating director of ...
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This tale of two families is set on a grand scale, as James Thomas Flexner brings his talents to bear on his own noteworthy heritage. An American Saga is an historical narrative, grounded on documentary sources, which ends with the marriage of Helen Thomas and Simon Flexner. The account deals equally with the lives and the backgrounds of husband and wife, the author's parents. Simon Flexner was the famous medical investigator, discoverer of the Flexner vacillus and the Flexner serum, who became the creating director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University) and eventually acknowledged leader of American medical science. The Kentucky-born son of impoverished German Jewish immigrants, he grew up in penury. As he never completed the eighth grade, he was almost completely self-educated when he appeared at the Johns Hopkins University before its celebrated medical school had been founded. Almost instantly he began making the discoveries that soon made him the leading younger medical scientist in the United States.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. some wear at corners of jacket, small tear at top of spine of jacket, small piece missing from lower edge of front cover of jacket; copy fine. 494 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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Small 4to. Blue and beige paper over boards with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 494pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint bit of jacket edgewear. Tight, handsome first edition, penned by the National Book Award-winning son of the self-taught pathologist and biologist who discovered a cure for spinal meningitis.
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Good. Good Book. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 494 p. Contains: Unspecified. Book: All pages and cover are intact. Pages may have dog-ears. Possible slight loose binding or cocked spine. Cover may have creases, deep chips, scuffs, and scratches. The edges and corners may have a good amount of bumps and wear. Book may contain highlighting/underlining, markings or signed by the previous owner. Book may be Ex Library and have stickers, remainder marks, and library pockets. Used copy so book does not contain unused access codes or have the accompanying CD.
