Against the Current: How Albert Schweitzer Inspired a Young Man`s Journey 9780692299531

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Автор: Higgins Clarinda
Название: Against the Current: How Albert Schweitzer Inspired a Young Man`s Journey
ISBN: 9780692299531
Классификация: ISBN-10: 069229953X
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 258
Вес: 0.38 кг.
Дата издания: 07.11.2014
Язык: English
Размер: 229 x 152 x 15
Поставляется из: США
Описание: Against the Current recounts the African adventures of Mark Higgins, the 18-year-old scion of a New England industrial family who elects to pursue his own destiny rather than the one his father charted for him. In 1959 he postpones college, travels to West Africa, and becomes the first student staff member at the hospital run by Albert Schweitzer, the famous Nobel Peace Prize laureate, philosopher and medical missionary. The Schweitzer clinic is an intellectual crossroads for world-famous scholars, researchers and peace activists. Its an eye-opening education for the young man. Whats more, the clinic is staffed by beautiful European nurses and a few handsome doctors whose personal lives sometimes become as heated as the equatorial climate.Higgins works as a handyman, trains to become a medical technician and helps treat lepers. He assists three cardiologists who make a break-through discovery. He lives among the natives, absorbs tribal culture and experiences life-changing events that build his self-confidence. After a year of hard work, Higgins leaves the Schweitzer hospital and embarks on a courageous solo journey across the African continent with Israel as his destination. As the emerging nations of Africa gain their freedom in 1960, the global balance of power is changing. Africa sits at the nexus of east-west contention, as well as being a cauldron of inter-tribal warfare. His travels take him deep into the Congo, where he will be out of contact for weeks. This thoroughly researched and richly detailed narrative describes a young mans quest for authenticity and purpose at a time crucial to African independence. Mark Higgins leaves legacies that have a profound impact on society more than half a century later.

Against the Current: How Albert Schweitzer Inspired a Young Man`s Journey, Higgins Clarinda