Sir William Osler (1849-1919) was the most famous medical doctor in the world at the turn of the last century. His textbook, Principles and Practice of Medicine, placed his medical knowledge before his colleagues worldwide. As a clinician and teacher he w

Sir William Osler; Medical Humanist

Biographies & Memoirs

Leon, Philip W.

Professionals & Academics

Heritage Books

<p>Captain Oberlin M. Carter was one of the army's rising stars in the 1890s. He graduated first in his class at West Point in 1880 and had distinguished himself as a brilliant officer in the engineer corps. In charge of harbor improvements in Savannah, he changed the depth and course of the Savannah River to allow unprecedented import and export of goods. The citizens of Savannah admired him and grieved when he was posted as military attach to London. In 1897, the army summoned him back to Savannah to face charges that he and two civilian conspirators had defrauded the federal government of millions of dollars by fixing the bidding process upon which the corps of engineers awarded contracts. Found guilty at the longest court-martial in the history of the army, Carter was sentenced to a fine of $5,000, loss of his rank, and imprisonment for five years at hard labor. Carter said in 1900, "I am entirely innocent, and I shall not rest until my innocence, proven at my military inquisition, is officially proclaimed. It was proven that not one dollar of public funds was ever misappropriated nor misapplied by me, and that the government was never defrauded through me in any manner whatever." Was he, as he insisted, a victim of clever manipulation by the civilian contractors? Was he convicted by fellow officers who were jealous of his successes and public adoration? Or did he, in fact, commit these crimes? He never acknowledged his guilt and appealed his case until his death at age 88 in 1944. First in His Class examines the entire record of this famous case that shocked the public at the turn of the last century.</p>

First in His Class: Captain Oberlin Carter and the Savannah Harbor Scandal

Leaders & Notable People

Heritage Books, Inc.

In 1919, Sir William Osler, MD, born in Ontario, was the Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University and the most famous medical doctor in the English-speaking world. In that year he wrote his Reminiscences about his personal and professional relationship 30 years earlier with the American poet Walt Whitman. Dr. Osler died before his manuscript could be published. Now, thanks to the exclusive permission granted by the Board of Curators of the Osler Library at McGill University, Philip W. Leon presents for the first time the complete text of Osler's Reminiscences, revealing the extent of the doctor's relationship with Walt Whitman.

Walt Whitman and Sir William Osler: A Poet and His Physician

Osler, William

Arts & Literature

Ecw Pr

<p>Mark Twain visited West Point at least ten times, delighting the cadets with stories, jokes, and speeches. Fascinated with West Point, Mark Twain mingled with cadets in the barracks, visited classrooms, and observed cavalry and artillery drills and parades. He formed lasting friendships with many cadets, faculty, and Superintendents. Philip W. Leon discusses each visit and traces the influence of West Point on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and other writings. A special chapter explores Mark Twain's response to some incidents of cadet hazing. Presenting archival material such as diaries, memoirs, official records, contemporary newspaper accounts, and previously unpublished correspondence, Leon illuminates the close ties of America's favorite storyteller and its premier military academy.</p>

Mark Twain and West Point

ECW Press

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