Scalpel

Year of Publication
1952
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
373 p.
Language
English
Author
Author: Horace McCoy
Publisher
Appleton-Century-Crofts
City
New York
Genre
Keywords
Abstract
Forty-three-year-old army surgeon and Korean War veteran Tom Owen returns home to Coalville, a hard-bitten, fictitious, Monongahela Valley town, after his brother’s accidental mining death. Tom falls in love with the mine owner’s gorgeous daughter, gives up his working-class idealism, and moves his medical practice to posh Pittsburgh.
Author Biography
Horace McCoy (1897-1955), born in Tennessee, was screenwriter and novelist. He died in Beverly Hills.
Time
1950s
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