James monahan foreword (3 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Good. DUST JACKET. First Printing. First Printing. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Dust jacket has some tears. Binding is tight/good.

Mass Market Paperback. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hard Cover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. First Edition 3rd Printing. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front Fixed Endpaper, Rear Free and Fixed Endpapers Pulled From Removal of Pocket, Jacket Cover; Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Lightly Scuffed; Lightly Chipped; Spine Pulled From Removal of Sticker; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: The Last Days of Dr. Tom Dooley. JACKET DESIGN BY: Ed Wade. CONTENTS: Foreword; Part One 1959: Summer and Fall; Part Two 1960: Winter; Part Three 1960: Spring; Part Four 1960: Summer; Part Five 1960: Fall; Part Six 1961: January; Part Seven Requiescat. SYNOPSIS: Readers of The Night They Burned the Mountain recall Dr. Thomas Dooley's account of how his small jungle hospital operation in Laos expanded into an organization called Medico, which became his lengthening shadow. The same book reached a surprising climax with the disclosure that Tom Dooley at the age of 32 had a serious ailment diagnosed as malignant melanoma, a usually fatal form of cancer. Seventeen months later, on January 18, 1961, Tom Dooley was dead. James Monahan, Senior Editor of The Reader's Digest, worked closely with Tom Dooley during 1955-60, and was able to observe many facets of his personality: his dedication to the poor, the sick, and the oppressed people of Southeast Asia; his impetuousness, his healthy egotism, his sincerity. "What impressed me most," writes Mr. Monahan in his Foreword, "and particularly during the last fifteen months of his life, was the relentless drive and the sense of urgency that characterized his activities. During his last months Tom Dooley moved so fast and touched so many places that few people were close to him for any considerable length of time. Thus, after the shock and sadness of his death had passed, it occurred to some of us that the story of his last days might be pieced together from the recollections of people who were with him at various times and places. This involved tracking down people from Maine to California, and from Southeast Asia to Afghanistan. They responded wholeheartedly to our appeal for information." Before I Sleep is the story of Tom Dooley's last days, told largely by those who played a part in his final tragic months. The result is a human document which presents Tom Dooley as the dedicated person he was, and without sentimental tributes or eulogies. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.…