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Ben Carson

Ben Carson

by Alex Simmons

1996PhysiciansNeurosurgeonsAfrican AmericansAfrican American surgeonsJuvenile literature
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A biography of the surgeon who overcame poverty and racism to become chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.

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PhysiciansNeurosurgeonsAfrican AmericansAfrican American surgeonsJuvenile literatureBiography
First published 1996

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Setting

United States

Author

Alex Simmons

First published

1996

Pages

48

Read time

≈ 1h

Editions

1

Language

English

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

ISBN

0817239758

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