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Autore |
Gutkind Lee |
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An unspoken art : profiles of veterinary life / / Lee Gutkind |
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New York, New York : , : Open Road Integrated Media, , 2014 |
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©1997 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (387 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Veterinarians - United States |
Veterinary medicine - United States |
Veterinary medicine - Vocational guidance - United States |
Veterinarians |
Veterinary medicine |
Veterinary medicine - Vocational guidance |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Portions of this book were first published in slightly different forms in Prairie schooner and The crab orchard review and in The art of nonfiction: writing and selling the literature of reality, published by John Wiley & Sons"--Title page verso. |
Includes index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: ""We Lay Our Hands Down upon Them""; Doing ""God''s Work""; Manhattan Veterinarian; Rescue Fantasy; Office Hours; A Way of Life; VHUP; ""Lady Comes into My Office""; New Bolton; Stallion Ring; Invasive Procedures; The Quitter; Difficult Decisions; Not Just an Ordinary Veterinary School Vet; Reindeer with a Hernia; Aquazoo; Primates--and Other Warriors; Tuskectomy; Fecalas Lizardas--and Other Funny Jokes; Baby-sitting the Bongo; Icy; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z; Acknowledgments |
About the AuthorCopyright |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the tradition of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small, An Unspoken Art is Lee Gutkind's captivating look at the lives of |
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