{"id":4757,"date":"2004-06-25T20:40:33","date_gmt":"2004-06-26T00:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=4757"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:48:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:48:12","slug":"fourth-uncle-in-the-mountain-a-memoir-of-a-barefoot-doctor-in-vietnam-by-quang-van-nguyen-and-marjorie-pivar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/fourth-uncle-in-the-mountain-a-memoir-of-a-barefoot-doctor-in-vietnam-by-quang-van-nguyen-and-marjorie-pivar\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Uncle in the Mountain: A Memoir of a Barefoot Doctor in Vietnam by Quang Van Nguyen and Marjorie Pivar [in AsianWeek]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2004\/06\/Fourth-Uncle-in-the-Mountain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-31425\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2004\/06\/Fourth-Uncle-in-the-Mountain.jpg\" alt=\"Fourth Uncle in the Mountain\" width=\"429\" height=\"648\" \/><\/a>An engaging memoir by the adopted son of a famed Vietnamese doctor and spiritual master. Growing up in a country devastated by war, the mischievous son eventually learns the ways of his wise and patient father, carrying on the family\u2019s long legacy of healing\u00a0and faith.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/2004-06-25-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;New and Notable Books,&#8221; <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/2004-06-25-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">AsianWeek<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/2004-06-25-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">, June 25, 2004<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2004<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4164\" title=\"Fourth Uncle in the Mountain\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/07\/fourth-uncle-in-the-mountain.jpg\" alt=\"Fourth Uncle in the Mountain\" width=\"126\" height=\"196\" \/>An engaging memoir by the adopted son of a famed Vietnamese doctor and spiritual master. Growing up in a country devastated by war, the mischievous son eventually learns the ways of his wise and patient father, carrying on the family\u2019s long legacy of healing and faith.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/07\/2004-06-25-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;New and Notable Books,&#8221; <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/07\/2004-06-25-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">AsianWeek<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/07\/2004-06-25-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">, June 25, 2004<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2004<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,107,20,6535,136,137,139,140],"tags":[3598,6608,58,10,189,4659,51,4660,39,4661,45],"class_list":["post-4757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adult-readers","category-memoir","category-nonfiction","category-repost","category-southeast-asian","category-southeast-asian-american","category-vietnamese","category-vietnamese-american","tag-asianweek","tag-bookdragon","tag-coming-of-age","tag-family","tag-father-son-relationship","tag-fourth-uncle-in-the-mountain","tag-identity","tag-marjorie-pivar","tag-parent-child-relationship","tag-quang-van-nguyen","tag-war"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fourth Uncle in the Mountain: A Memoir of a Barefoot Doctor in Vietnam by Quang Van Nguyen and Marjorie Pivar [in AsianWeek] - BookDragon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/fourth-uncle-in-the-mountain-a-memoir-of-a-barefoot-doctor-in-vietnam-by-quang-van-nguyen-and-marjorie-pivar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fourth Uncle in the Mountain: A Memoir of a Barefoot Doctor in Vietnam by Quang Van Nguyen and Marjorie Pivar [in AsianWeek] - BookDragon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An engaging memoir by the adopted son of a famed Vietnamese doctor and spiritual master. 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