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June 17, 2008
LG Walker Jr., MD’60
Dr. Henry R. Porter: The Surgeon Who Survived Little Bighorn, McFarland, 2007.
The book: “Custer came to me and said: ‘Porter, there is a large camp of Indians ahead, and we are going to have a great killing.’” The words of army contract surgeon Henry R. Porter are chilling today in their matter-of-fact reference to the battle to come—a battle of which Porter would be one of the few white survivors. Drawing on his writings, this biography tells the story of Porter’s transformation from young easterner to ambitious frontier settler and medical practitioner in mid-19th century America. It includes details of frontier life, the Battle of Little Bighorn and Porter’s travels around the world.
The author: Retired surgeon LG Walker Jr. lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is a professor of clinical surgery, emeritus, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has published widely on scientific topic and articles.
Web site: www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3171-7
Posted by lingjiex at June 17, 2008 01:49 PM