Burl: Journalism Giant and Medical Trailblazer
by Jane Wolfe
From the publisher's website:
Burl is the story of one man’s unlikely rise from the coal mines
of Appalachia to the pinnacle of journalism. After being diagnosed with a
fatal kidney disease as a child, Burl Osborne pioneered home dialysis
treatment and became the 130th person to undergo a live kidney
transplant in 1966—then an unproven, high-risk operation.
While
managing his challenging illness, Burl distinguished himself early as a
writer and reporter with The Associated Press, eventually rising to the
top of the wire service’s executive ranks. Then, against the advice of
his colleagues and the newspaper’s own doctors, he sought an even
greater challenge: joining The Dallas Morning News to lead the fight in one of America’s last great newspaper wars.
Throughout
his life and career, he garnered respect from business and political
leaders, reporters, editors, and publishers around the country. Burl
thrusts readers into the improbable and remarkable life of a man at the
forefront of both medicine and the golden age of journalism.
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