The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I -- Lindsey Fitzharris, Paperback
The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I -- Lindsey Fitzharris, Paperback
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A New York Times Bestseller
"Enthralling. Harrowing. Heartbreaking. And utterly redemptive. Lindsey Fitzharris hit this one out of the park." --Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the Vile
Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true story of a visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery.
Author: Lindsey Fitzharris
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 06/06/2023
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.55w x 0.92d
ISBN: 9781250872920
Award: Kirkus Prize - Finalist
About the Author
Lindsey Fitzharris is the author of The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine, which won the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and has been translated into multiple languages. Her television series The Curious Life and Death of . . . aired on the Smithsonian Channel. She contributes regularly to The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, and other notable publications, and she holds a doctorate in the history of science and medicine from the University of Oxford.
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