What Experience Has Taught Me (Classic Reprint): An Autobiography of Thomas William Burton: An Autobiography of Thomas William Burton (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Burton, Thomas William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330133943 ISBN 13: 9781330133941

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Beneath the era’s rough edges, What Experience Has Taught Me presents the life of Thomas W.

Burton, M.D.—from birth to a pioneering career as a Black physician and Christian leader. This memoir blends personal memory with practical insight, offering a window into resilience, education, and community service.

Framed by his early years as a slave in Kentucky and his rise to medical leadership in Ohio, the book chronicles not only a remarkable journey but also a philosophy of faith, learning, and service. Bursting with vivid scenes and candid reflections, it invites readers to consider the value of hard work, self-improvement, and thinking independently.
What you’ll experience

• A frontline perspective on race, education, and professional opportunity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
• Accounts of founding and rebuilding Black medical networks, plus a look at civic and church work
• Personal passages on family, faith, mentorship, and the role of community in growth
• Practical outlooks on discipline, integrity, and lifelong learning

Ideal for readers of memoirs about perseverance, Black history, and the intersection of medicine and faith.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1330133943
• ISBN 13: 9781330133941
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 174
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