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Description:
Indigo Heirlooms is proud to offer a signed first edition of The Night They Burned the Mountain with a signed photograph of Tom Dooley with "his" kids. The inscription on a book plate on the flypage reads--- "To Mary Sullivan, with thanks for caring for a sometimes dirty dooley - Tom Dooley"----- The photo is inscribed---- "To Mary Sullivan, with love ....?.... -Tom Dooley"----- Tight binding, clean pages. DJ and cover are in fine condition.----- Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy (1960) Language: English----- Tom Dooley (his father was called Thomas) was a Naval doctor, a humanitarian and an author. He was also suspected of being a CIA agent, accused of being homosexual and given the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously by JFK. There was a press for his canonization which never happened. His nick name was the "Jungle Doctor"--- Many believe that his efforts in the Vietnam and Laos in part inspired the idea of the Peace Corp. We many never know but JFK did mention his work at the launch of the Peace Corp.---- "The Night They Burned the Mountain" was his third book. He wrote about MEDICO's (a medical relief program) founding and his struggle against cancer while helping the sick in Laos.---
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: w1crateBJ08 |
| Condition:
Fine conditon |
Year:
1960
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| Country:
United States |
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| Title:
The Night They Burned the Mountain by Thomas A. Dooley, M.D. (hardcover signed by author) |
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