{"product_id":"the-organ-thieves-the-shocking-story-of-the-first-heart-transplant-in-the-segregated-south-paperback","title":"The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South - 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\u003eChip Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e in this \"startling...powerful\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1968, Bruce Tucker, a black man, went into Virginia's top research hospital with a head injury, only to have his heart taken out of his body and put into the chest of a white businessman. Now, in \u003ci\u003eThe Organ Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Chip Jones exposes the horrifying inequality surrounding Tucker's death and how he was used as a human guinea pig without his family's permission or knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe circumstances surrounding his death reflect the long legacy of mistreating African Americans that began more than a century before with cadaver harvesting and worse. It culminated in efforts to win the heart transplant race in the late 1960s. Featuring years of research and fresh reporting, along with a foreword from social justice activist Ben Jealous, \"this powerful book weaves together a medical mystery, a legal drama, and a sweeping history, its characters confronting unprecedented issues of life and death under the shadows of centuries of racial injustice\" (Edward L. Ayers, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of the New South\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChip Jones has been reporting for nearly thirty years for the \u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Roanoke Times, Virginia Business \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, and other publications. As a reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoanoke Times\u003c\/i\u003e, he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his work on the Pittston coal strike. He is the former communications director of the Richmond Academy of Medicine, which is where he first discovered the heart-stopping story in \u003ci\u003eThe Organ Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978572824877,"sku":"9781982107536","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/VU13Q2ZtdWFrRExueHZ6anRSQ1UyUT09.webp?v=1775805901","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-organ-thieves-the-shocking-story-of-the-first-heart-transplant-in-the-segregated-south-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}