FORT LEE, N.J., Sept. 29, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xlibris, the leading print-on-demand self-publishing services provider, announces today the release of How Green Were My Mountains?, an engaging autobiography of author and Nobel Prize nominee Leonard I. Linkow.
The text takes a long look back at Linkow's life from his childhood days to his later years. It reveals the many threads of his life as well as the events and people that shaped him - from his love for baseball, to his tender moments with the family, enlisting in the Air Force during World War II, and coming back home to finish his education. This release also reveals his dedication in dentistry and for its progress motivated him to discover the process of Implantology. Though no supporters were there to help him in his quest to revolutionize dentistry, he continued to pursue it using his skills and knowledge - and eventually he got the results he wanted. He created the most advanced, didactic, clinical, and research discipline the world has ever known. Along the way, there was a fierce opposition to this invention and implementation of Implantology, but he never gave up and went on to fulfill his quest - helping millions of people worldwide.
Richly-layered and detailed, How Green Were My Mountains? symbolizes the development of a man and how he made a tremendous difference by aiding millions through great achievements. Linkow's achievements were driven by his desire to see a positive and better change for humanity. Readers who wish to order a copy of this book are encouraged to visit Xlibris.com or call (888) 795-4274 today.
About the Author
Dr. Leonard Linkow became a dentist in 1952 after graduating from New York University College of Dentistry, and soon discovered the rapidly evolving field of tooth implants. He mastered advanced implant techniques by taking existing, often inadequate American and European methods and, through trial and error, transforming them into elegant and practical systems. Consequently Dr. Linkow also became a proponent of life-improvement; he knew his work could often improve a patient's appearance and bring an end to their dental suffering. And he grew into a public relations warrior; for thirty years many vested interests of the profession strongly opposed the revolution of implant dentistry. Dr. Linkow vowed to relieve them of their bias, and at times did so single-handedly. The author has practiced in New York City throughout his career, but in the 1960s he began worldwide journeys to spread the gospel of implantology through lectures and/or surgery. He has been feted in many of the world's great cities and countries - Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, St. Petersburg, Milan, Rome, Madrid, Paris, Shanghai, Tokyo, Zurich, Moscow, Manila, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, South Korea, and India. He recounts life-long friendships with some of the most renowned, loyal and eccentric people in the dental profession. A native of Brooklyn, NY, Linkow was a radio operator in the U.S. Army Air Force in the final days of World War II, was once a candidate for professional baseball, having tried out for the New York Giants under Carl Hubbel and Mel Ott, and twenty five years later was stunned to learn he was on a list of potential nominees for the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
How Green Were My Mountains? * by Leonard I. Linkow
Publication Date: January 5, 2005
Trade Paperback; $19.54; 380 pages; 978-1-4010-7913-0
Cloth Hardback; $29.69; 380 pages; 978-1-4010-7914-7
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