I do believe they are true but these two are my favorite real accounts:
If this is a man – The truce by Primo Levi about his time in Auschwitz
Incidents in the life of a slave girl by Harriet Jacob about being a slave in the antebellum South
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The non-fiction 1996 book “Emergency!” By Mark Brown, MD. This doctor collected short, true stories from doctors & nurses working in emergency rooms all over the United States, & put them together here.
I cannot recommend this book enough. Some of the stories will crush you, others will make you laugh. It’s one of my all-time favorites.
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Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
malpractico on
The Devil in the White City is awesome. Reads in parts like a crime thriller, lots of great history as well.
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I do believe they are true but these two are my favorite real accounts:
If this is a man – The truce by Primo Levi about his time in Auschwitz
Incidents in the life of a slave girl by Harriet Jacob about being a slave in the antebellum South
The non-fiction 1996 book “Emergency!” By Mark Brown, MD. This doctor collected short, true stories from doctors & nurses working in emergency rooms all over the United States, & put them together here.
I cannot recommend this book enough. Some of the stories will crush you, others will make you laugh. It’s one of my all-time favorites.
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The Devil in the White City is awesome. Reads in parts like a crime thriller, lots of great history as well.