About this title: In addition to his poetry, Williams is celebrated for his fiction. This collection includes short stories (and an autobiographical excerpt) that center on his life as a pediatrician in Rutherford, New Jersey.
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Description: Acceptable. 1984-Paperback----Used-Acceptable-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780811209267ISBN:0811209261
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 142 p. Audience: General/trade. Introduction by Robert Coles. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. Gray and white toned cover (with photographs of author) shows fading, chipping, edge wear and a crease on upper right front cover. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corpor
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780811209267ISBN:0811209261
Description: Very Good. Text pages clean & tight with no markings or highlighting. Cover has scattered scratches. A collection of 13 "doctor stories" that make up an intriguing study of the poet as a physician. Very readable copy. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780811209267ISBN:0811209261
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Back wrapper corner creased, minor extremity wear otherwise a very good copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 142 p. Audience: General/trade. Not just for students and doctors, this volume contains the thirteen "doctor stories" from the collected stories (The Farmers' Daughters), several of Williams's most famous poems on medical matters, and "The Practice" from The Autobiography. read more
Edition: 11th
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: New Directions, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780811209267ISBN:0811209261
Description: Very Good- As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps, sticker residue over the upc on rear cover, large gift inscription on inside cover, and other light shopwear. read more
Description: New Directions, 1984. Trade paperback. Intro by Robert Coles. Near Fine. Couple small corner creases first few pages, otherwise bright, tight and clean. Appears unread. ISBN: 0811209261. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780811209267ISBN:0811209261
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 142 p. Audience: General/trade. Oversized softcover trade paperback, Near Fine Condition (Almost like new! ), Original price of $10.95 (L2). read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corpor
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780811209267ISBN:0811209261
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1984-09-01
ISBN-13:9780811209267ISBN:0811209261
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780811209267. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Faber (, London
Date Published: 1987)
ISBN-13:9780571147281ISBN:0571147283
Description: First U.K. Edition: paperback original. Compiled with an introduction by Coles. Softcover, very good condition (paper lightly tanned, faint crease one corner). ISBN 0571147283. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Directions, New York
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780811209250ISBN:0811209253
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Price clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps with light wear to the edges. Extremely uncommon as a hardcover. This is NOT NOT a library book. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corpor
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780811209267ISBN:0811209261
Description: Good. Book is in good condition. some age shown Goodwillnyonline carries a wide range of quality new and used items at competitive prices. Goodwillnyonline is operated by Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & Northern New Jersey. A major provider of services for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN-13:9780811209267ISBN:0811209261
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
"I started reading this book way back when, when Papa was still here, and somehow it, with all the notes in the margins, made it from my messy room in Colfax, on Main Street, to my library here in Medina, on Ty Drive. It has my favorite quote, which I have misquoted for years: "Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone, Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own." Adam Lindsay Gordon, poet, 1833-1870. Page 104 by 7/28 - a lot of this is from another era in the U.S., although I can relate to it from "guardias" at UAG in Mexico when I was a 1st & 2nd yr. med. student 28-29 years ago."
"William Carlos Williams is one of my favorite physician authors. In addition to being a fantastic poet, his writings about his life as a country doctor are nothing short of phenomenal. You can tell he sat and wrote in the late evenings about his daily events, not only about his actions, but also detail about his emotions and his patient's predicaments. The way Williams practiced medicine in the early part of the 20th century is a testament to the quality of care all doctors should aim for. His work involved numerous housecalls in New Jersey where he lived, tirelessly caring for patients with meager incomes and many times with no means of communication except for examination (many of his patients were immigrants of some kind). This book shows a different side of William Carlos Williams than simply what we learn of him in high school English class.
"This book projects so much humanity that I sat in rapt pain noting that this same humanity was so distant in our culture. I was told by a medical school faculty that this book was at one time required reading in medical school but that it had been removed from most curriculum in recent years. Bears some discussion I suppose....."
"Simple yet beautifully written. Short stories written by doctor/poet William Carlos Williams. A renaissance man whose humble observations brings humanity into the medical profession."
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