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1 online resource (328 pages) |
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| Summary |
Today he is known as Dr. Q, an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist who leads cutting-edge research to cure brain cancer. But not too long ago, he was Freddy, a nineteen-year-old undocumented migrant worker toiling in the tomato fields of central California. In this gripping memoir, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa tells his amazing life story--from his impoverished childhood in the tiny village of Palaco, Mexico, to his harrowing border crossing and his transformation from illegal immigrant to American citizen and gifted student at the University of California at Berkeley and at H. |
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Cover; Contents; Prologue: Seeking Terra Firma; Part I Stargazing; 1. Starry Nights; 2. Faraway; 3. The Kaliman Maneuver; 4. Lessons from the Fields; Part Ii Harvesting; 5. Courting Destiny; 6. Green Eyes; 7. From Harvest to Harvard; 8. In the Land of Giants; 9. Question the Rules and When Possible Make Your Own; 10. Brainstorm; Part Iii Becoming Dr. Q; 11. Hopkins; 12. Gray Matter; 13. Seeing the Light; 14. Finding the Steel in Your Soul; Epilogue: When the Sun Comes Up; Acknowledgments. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Quiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo.
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Quiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo. |
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Neurosurgeons -- Mexico -- Biography.
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Neurosurgeons. |
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Mexico. |
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Biographies.
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Mexican Americans -- Mexico -- Biography.
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Mexican Americans. |
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Migrant labor -- Mexico -- Biography.
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Migrant labor. |
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Neurosurgery. |
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Mexican Americans. |
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Transients and Migrants. |
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Mexico. |
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United States. |
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Autobiography.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Rivas, Mim Eichler.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Quinones-Hinojosa, Alfredo. Becoming Dr. Q : My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520271180 |
| ISBN |
9780520949607 (electronic book) |
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0520949609 (electronic book) |
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1283278162 |
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9781283278164 |
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0520271181 |
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9780520271180 |
| Standard No. |
9786613278166 |
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