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Published by Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1965
ISBN 10: 9997482697ISBN 13: 9789997482693
Seller: Neil Shillington: Bookdealer/Booksearch, Hobe sound, FL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardbound. Condition: Good. First Edition. Collectible - Price Clipped From Dust Jacket; 308 pages.
Published by Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1965
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Ex-lib/jacket in mylar.
Published by Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1965
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
hardcover. Illus. with photos (illustrator). 1st edition. 8vo, 308 pp., Signed by both authors & the subject, Connie Guion, on a specially tipped- in sheet from the publisher preceding the title page. Very good copy in very good dust jacket.
Published by Little, Brown And Company, Boston, Toronto, 1965
Seller: Sabra Books, Naperville, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Previous owner's name on ffep. Slight discoloration to pages and covers. Some wear along the edges and spine.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, New York, 1965
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Fine condition blue boards with gold front cover and spine lettering contained in a good condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Poem Translated from the Sanskrit; Authors' Note; Foreword by Laurance S. Rockefeller; and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Moderate chip at upper and lower jacket spine edges and dust jacket tips (see photographs). All pages are in fine condition and the spine/binding is exceedingly tight and square (see photographs). Signed, inscribed and dated (August 1965) by author Nardi Reeder Campion with blue pen on the blank first free front endpaper. "The lively education of Dr. Connie Guion began on a Carolina plantation and was still going strong eighty years later when a building at The New York Hospital was named in her honor. Of the years in between, this vigorous biography recaptures her growing up in a family of twelve children in the South, her schoolgirl experiences in Charlotte, N.C.; at Northfield Seminary; and at Wellesley College. After that Connie went to Vassar and Sweet Briar, where she taught physics and chemistry for five years in order to educate her sisters. Hard work mixed with adventure followed at Cornell Medical College and Bellevue Hospital, where she was one of the first women inters. The breadth of this remarkable woman's background can only be suggested here. It takes the whole book to encompass the zest, intelligence, imagination and unlimited horse sense which have made Dr. Connie's career that of a truly great woman doctor. This is biographical reading at its best - warmly human, often humorous, always inspirational in its dramatization of the spirited way Connie Guion overcame difficulties, large and small. Among Dr. Guion's many talents is an astonishing memory for people and events, and she has shared this unstintingly with the authors, helping them to recreate scenes and dialogue that vibrate with life. The reader waits with five-year-old Connie for the birth of a new sister, and later is homesick with her when she goes away to shcool and longs for her plantation and animals - until she finds a group of boys to play with and wins a dare from the "sissy" by jumping into a manure pile. Like the extrraordinary woman whose formative years are relived here, there is no nonsense about this book. There is robust humor, such as the time the mule ran away with Connie and scattered a load of precious peaches all over town, or the time she bought a horse for a quarter. Thee is emotinal depth in the life of the close-knit Guion family, led by a strong, loving mother whose motto was, "If you can't pay for it, you don't need it." And, over all, there is the unswerving sense of purpose of the girl who knew from babyhood that one day she would be a doctor. Nardi Reeder Campion's earlier biography of Patrick Henry exhibited her talent for bringing a person to life in a book. Aided by her co-author, she has in Look to THis Day! used that gift to recreate the story of one of the great women of our time." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. "Dr. Connie Guion's life of service to others is illuminated by her brilliant wit, warmth, and wisdom. She is one of Wellesley's outstanding alumnae." - Margaret Clapp, President of Wellsley College. "Dr. Connie Guion is not only a great doctor; she is a gifted teacher and a tireless worker. SHe has a strong background of basic medical science and added to that is one of the mosts remarkable personalities I have ever encountered." - Dr. Joseph C. Hinsey, Director of The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center. "Connie Guion could be outstanding in any filed one could name. She is a great doctor and a great and sympathetic humanist, a modern scientist with the wisdom of the ages. She could be president of anything you could think of, including just President. " - Honorable John Hay Whitney, Publisher of The New York Herald Tribune. Signed by Author(s).