Sure Hands, Strong Heart (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Lillie Patterson
- First Published: 1981
- Time of Work: 1865–1931
- Setting: Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; Janesville, Wisconsin; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; and Nashville, Tennessee
- Principal Characters: Daniel Hale Williams III, Daniel Hale Williams II, Sarah Price Williams, Charles Henry Anderson, Henry Palmer, Alice Darling Johnson, Austin M. Curtis, George Hall
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Doctors, Surgery or surgeons, Sick persons, Medicine, Biography, Hospitals
- Locales: Chicago, IL, Washington, D.C., Wisconsin, Annapolis, MD, Hollidaysburg, PA, Nashville, TN
Form and Content
Lillie Patterson wrote Sure Hands, Strong Heart: The Life of Daniel Hale Williams “to honor black physicians whose contributions to the advancement of modern medicine have often been unheralded or unknown.” Presented in a narrative form with illustrations, this work is the story of Williams, who overcame financial and racial barriers to become a respected surgeon.
The story opens with young Williams assisting his father in the family-owned barbershop in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. The father’s poor health, however, forced him to move to...
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