This is a new release of the original 1962 edition.

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The first major biography of the fabled "jungle doctor" of Southeast Asia, "Dr. America" chronicles the life of Tom Dooley, whose much publicized exploits in Vietnam and Laos during the 1950s helped lay the ideological groundwork for the U ...

This biography details the last years of Thomas Dooley's life, who was a famous physician and medical missionary who campaigned for humanitarian and anti-communist political activities in South East Asia.

Through newspaper articles, trial documents and public records, Dr. John E. Fletcher brings this dramatic case to life, providing the long-awaited factual account of the legendary murder.

The story lived on, in time becoming entwined with myth and legend, because it inspired a ballad that was sung throughout the mountains.

A life of Dr. Thomas Dooley, founder of Medico and famous for his medical work with the people of Laos ... His mother [the author] tells of his work, his dreams, and his hopeful fight against cancer.

Filled cover to cover with exquisite artwork depicting the original scenes, along with in-depth historical facts woven throughout, this book will enlighten and educate all to the wonderful and rich history of this “One Nation Under God ...

Edith Ferguson Carter, whose family was intertwined with the story from its very beginning, was opening a Tom Dooley Museum just a mile from where the tragedy occurred.