America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great (27 page)

D
R
. B
ENJAMIN
C
ARSON
is a Professor of Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Oncology, and Pediatrics, and the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civil honor in America. He is also the author of four bestselling books–
Gifted Hands, Think Big, The Big Picture
, and
Take the Risk
. He serves on the boards of the Kellogg Company, Costco Wholesale Corp., and the Academy of Achievement, among others, and is an Emeritus Fellow of the Yale Corporation. He and his wife, Candy, cofounded the Carson Scholars Fund (www.carsonscholars.org), a 501(c)3 established to counteract America’s crisis in education by identifying and rewarding academic role models in the fourth through eleventh grades, regardless of race, creed, religion, and socio-economic status, who also demonstrate humanitarian qualities. There are over 4,800 scholars in forty-six states. Ben and Candy are the parents of three grown sons and reside in Baltimore County, Maryland.

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Also by Ben Carson, M.D.

America the Beautiful (with Candy Carson)

Take the Risk
(with Gregg Lewis)

Think Big
(with Cecil Murphey)

Gifted Hands
(with Cecil Murphey)

The Big Picture
(with Gregg Lewis)

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Carson, Ben.

America the beautiful : rediscovering what made this nation great / Ben Carson.

    p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-310-33071-4 (hardcover)

1. United States – Civilization. 2. Social values – United
    States. 3. United States – Politics and government – 21st century. I. Title.

    E169.12.C294 2012

    973 – dc23                  2011037506

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Don’t Know Much About History
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