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Regrettably, I did not know three of my four grandparents.
So begins A Physician’s Journey, a quintessential modern memoir. Beginning in the tradition of the prairie reverie with snow-filled winters and single room school houses and ending with a litany of late-life accolades, Dr. Robert Kyle details his life from the farm, to smoke jumper school, to the University of North Dakota, to Northwestern Medical School, the US Air Force and eventually a career at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic.
At the Mayo Clinic he met his wife, Charlene, pioneered new treatments for cancer, and started his family. The story as Dr. Kyle tells is unique, but somehow still familiar and endearing. By drawing us into his life and accomplishments, we encounter a narrative suffused with the memories of an American experience that through his work, interests, and travels had a global reach.
“This is the compelling story of a passionate observer — whether of medical minutia or of the wider outside world. Fortunately, Dr Kyle has remarkable powers of recall and there is nothing vague or tentative about the vivid memories that are presented. They constitute a hugely entertaining read. Yet throughout the work an endearing modesty, coupled with a prevailing decency, shines through.”
Michael York
ISBN
979-8-9891912-1-5
DOI
10.31356/dpb028
Publication Date
2023
Publisher
The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota
City
Grand Forks, ND
Recommended Citation
Kyle, Robert A., "A Physician’s Journey: The Memoir of Robert A. Kyle" (2023). Digital Press Books. 28.
https://commons.und.edu/press-books/28
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