Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medial Pioneer Vivien Thomas by Gwendolyn Hooks, illustrated by Colin Bootman
21 Jun, by in Biography, Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction
From the age of 13, Vivien Thomas worked with his master carpenter father and began growing a bank account that might someday take him to college and eventually medical school. The stock market crash of 1928 wiped out Thomas' savings, but nothing could touch his determination...