Jack London and the Klondike – The Genesis of an American Writer - Softcover

Walker, Franklin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873280229 ISBN 13: 9780873280228

Publisher: University of California Press, 1994

Synopsis

This book presents for the first time an accurate and detailed account of the young London's experiences in the famous gold rush that furnished the substance for his successful books. His exciting winter in the Yukon is re-created through quotations from his fiction, travel diaries, and the testimony of companions. Features a foreword by well-known Jack London scholar Earle Labor. New illustrations for this edition include historical photos of the Klondike in the Huntington collection.

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Review

"Covers the origins of neuroscience from its early prehistoric beginnings....heavily illustrated...an exciting overview with carefully documented historical information on the diseases that a neurosurgeon or neurologist encounters...anyone owning this book would return to it again and again..." --Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Covers the origins of neuroscience from its early prehistoric beginnings....heavily illustrated...an exciting overview with carefully documented historical information on the diseases that a neurosurgeon or neurologist encounters...anyone owning this book would return to it again and again... --Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

From the Back Cover

"Genesis of Neuroscience" relates the evolution of ideas in neuroscience up to the end of the 19th century as told by A. Earl Walker, MD. During his lifetime, Dr. Walker began compiling material for a book combining his love and knowledge of neuroscience and the history of the neurosciences. After his death, his widow and two former colleagues gathered together the many notes, file cards, and photographs that he had left. The result is a narrative that medical students will find informative and all physicians will find enlightening.

"Genesis of Neuroscience" covers a vast array of topics from the origins of neuroscience to the manifestation of cerebral disorders: headache, epilepsy, sleep disorders and cerebrovascular disease and infections and inflammatory involvement of the CNS. This book is a must-have for any physician interested in the genesis of neuroscience as told by one of the pioneers in the specialty.

"(Distributed by Thieme for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons)"

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873280229
• ISBN 13: 9780873280228
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 288