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l life of Benjamin Rush, medical pioneer and one of our most provocative and unsung Founding FathersFINALIST FOR THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BOOK PRIZE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARBy the time he was thirty, Dr. Benjamin Rush had signed the Declaration of Independence, editedCommon Sense,toured Europe as Benjamin Franklins protg, and become John Adamss confidant, and was soon to be appointed Washingtons surgeon general. And as with the greatest Revolutionary minds, Rush was only just beginning his role in 1776 in the American experiment. As the new republic coalesced, he became a visionary writer and reformer; a medical pioneer whose insights and reforms revolutionized the treatment of mental illness; an opponent of slavery and prejudice by race, religion, or gender; an adviser to, and often the physician of, Americas first leaders; and the American Hippocrates.Rushreveals his singular life and towering legacy, installing him in the pantheon of our wisest and boldest Founding Fathers.Praise forRushEntertaining . . . Benjamin Rush has been undeservedly forgotten. In medicine . . . [and] as a political thinker, he was brilliant.The New YorkerSuperb . . . reminds us eloquently, abundantly, what a brilliant, original man Benjamin Rush was, and how his contributions to . . . the United States continue to bless us all.The Philadelphia InquirerPerceptive . . . [a] readable reassessment of Rushs remarkable career.The Wall Street JournalAn amazing life and a fascinating book.CBS This MorningFried makes the case, in this comprehensive and fascinating biography, that renaissance man Benjamin Rush merits more attention. . . . Fried portrays Rush as a complex, flawed person and not just a list of accomplishments; . . . a testament to the authorial thoroughness and insight that will keep readers engaged until the last page.Publishers Weekly(starred review)[An] extraordinary and underappreciated man is reinstated to his rightful place in the canon of civilizational advancement in Rush. . . . Had I read FriedsRushbefore the years end, it would have crowned my favorite books of 2018 . . . [a] superb biography.Brain Pickings

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