Böcker av Leroy A. Owens M. D.

Thisbook, "Cherished in the Byways", is intended to inspire poor and abused youngpeople to succeed, even if support from family is not available.Ihave written about an experience: As a young African-American--one of elevenchildren whose father never earned more that fifty-five dollars in any week, Iarrived at Chicago's Union Station with a duffel bag containingeverything I owned in this world and twenty-eight dollars in cash. I knew noone in Chicago and I had no relatives in Chicago. Twelve years later I had a Bachelor of ScienceDegree in Biology and a Doctorate in Medicine. I am now a board-certifiedpediatrician.Ihave written of this experience with some degree of creativity and I havewritten it with humor. This manuscript contains about 80,000 words. Thismanuscript is not a simple chronology of events; in the manuscript I usepoetry, prose, and cultural perspective, to weave a very entertaining andencouraging read.Myaudience for my manuscript ranges from high school through young adulthood,especially those needing encouragement to persist in seeking goals when thereis not much parental support. However, even older adults can surely deriveencouragement and entertainment from reading my book.Ihad not told anyone that I wanted to become a doctor; from a black derelict,that would sound ridiculous!Iarrived in Chicago with all I owned in a duffel bag... I had no relatives inChicago, I knew no one in Chicago.Inthe YMCA on Wabash Avenue, Icounted my meagerfunds: a twenty dollar bill and an emptyViceroy cigarette pack filled with nickels, dimes,andquarters totalling about eight dollars. So I had atotal of twenty-eight dollar upon which to build a new life.12years later, on JUNE 7th, 1971, a ten year old boy in my hometown, Mobile, delivered a newspaper, "T