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Mountains Beyond Mountains
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Author: Tracy Kidder
Dr. Paul Farmer of Massachusetts began working in Haiti in 1982, providing health care for peasants who can't afford doctors to treat the diseases that are rampant there, including TB. In 1993 Farmer was given a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant," which he has used to further his work in Haiti. Tracy Kidder followed Farmer on his ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780965491761
ISBN-10: 0965491765
Publication Date: 2003
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3.6 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Randon House
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 2
An excellent look at Dr. Paul Farmer and his international health work centered around Haiti, Peru and Russia, with emphasis on multiple disease resistant TB. I requested this book because I admire and enjoy the work of Tracy Kidder, but found Farmer to be facinating.
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Amazing account of Paul Farmer & his work in Haiti.
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Inspirational and Pulitzer Prize-winning story of Dr. Paul Farmer - "a man who would cure the world."
kiltedfaerie avatar reviewed Mountains Beyond Mountains on + 29 more book reviews
Interesting and very eye opening. This man is unlike any man you have ever met. You'll wish you were as kind and dedicated as him by the end of this book!
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You won't be dissappointed.


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