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Author:

Wyckoff, Edwin Brit.

Title:

Heart man : Vivien Thomas, African-American heart surgery pioneer / Edwin Brit Wyckoff.

Publisher:

Enslow Elementary,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Thomas, Vivien T.,--1910-1985--Juvenile literature.
Surgeons--Maryland--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Cardiovascular system--Surgery--Juvenile literature.
Thomas, Vivien T.,--1910-1985.
Surgeons.
African Americans--Biography.
Circulatory system--Surgery.
Thomas, Vivien T.,--1910-1985.
Surgeons--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
Cardiovascular system--Surgery.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.

Summary:

A brief biography of African-American Vivien Thomas, who helped to revolutionize open-heart surgery.

Series:

Genius at work! Great inventor biographies

ISBN:

0766028496 (hc.)
9780766028494 (hc.)

LCCN:

2006100567

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

FCPB384 -- Dike Public Library (Dike)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

DDPC173 -- Rockwell Public Library (Rockwell)