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Author:

Quiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo.

Title:

Becoming Dr. Q : my journey from migrant farm worker to brain surgeon / Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa ; with Mim Eichler Rivas.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

317 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Quiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo.
Neurosurgeons--Mexico--Biography.
Mexican Americans--Mexico--Biography.
Migrant labor--Mexico--Biography.
Quiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo.
Neurosurgery--Mexico--Autobiography.
Neurosurgery--United States--Autobiography.
Mexican Americans--Mexico--Autobiography.
Mexican Americans--United States--Autobiography.
Transients and Migrants--Mexico--Autobiography.
Transients and Migrants--United States--Autobiography.

Other Authors:

Rivas, Mim Eichler.

Contents:

Starry Nights -- Faraway -- The Kaliman Maneuver -- Lessons from the fields -- Where the road doesn't lead -- Green eyes -- From harvest to Harvard -- In the land of giants -- Question the rules, when possible make your own -- Brainstorm -- Hopkins -- Gray matter -- Seeing the light -- Finding the steel in your soul.

ISBN:

0520271181 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520271180 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)707710865

LCCN:

2011011531

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)