{"product_id":"the-facemaker-a-visionary-surgeons-battle-to-mend-the-disfigured-soldiers-of-world-war-i-paperback","title":"The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLindsey Fitzharris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Enthralling. Harrowing. Heartbreaking. And utterly redemptive. Lindsey Fitzharris hit this one out of the park.\" --Erik Larson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Splendid and the Vile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Butchering Art\u003c\/i\u003e, presents the compelling, true story of a visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind's military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. The First World War claimed millions of lives and left millions more wounded and disfigured. In the midst of this brutality, however, there were also those who strove to alleviate suffering. Lindsey Fitzharris's \u003ci\u003eThe Facemaker \u003c\/i\u003etells the extraordinary story of such an individual: the pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gillies, who dedicated himself to reconstructing the burned and broken faces of the injured soldiers under his care. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGillies, a Cambridge-educated New Zealander, became interested in the nascent field of plastic surgery after encountering the human wreckage on the front. Returning to Britain, he established one of the world's first hospitals dedicated entirely to facial reconstruction. There, Gillies assembled a unique group of practitioners whose task was to rebuild what had been torn apart, to re-create what had been destroyed. At a time when losing a limb made a soldier a hero but losing a face made him a monster to a society largely intolerant of disfigurement, Gillies restored not just the faces of the wounded but also their spirits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Facemaker\u003c\/i\u003e places Gillies's ingenious surgical innovations alongside the dramatic stories of soldiers whose lives were wrecked and repaired. The result is a vivid account of how medicine can be an art, and of what courage and imagination can accomplish in the presence of relentless horror.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLindsey Fitzharris\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the PEN\/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and has been translated into multiple languages. Her television series \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Life and Death of . . . \u003c\/i\u003eaired on the Smithsonian Channel. She contributes regularly to \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, and other notable publications, and she holds a doctorate in the history of science and medicine from the University of Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 8.3 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kirkus Prize (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978534879533,"sku":"9781250872920","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/SE14ejZzUUJrZlhaRE44Y2NHWVBldz09.webp?v=1775805682","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-facemaker-a-visionary-surgeons-battle-to-mend-the-disfigured-soldiers-of-world-war-i-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}