Frank G. Slaughter facts for kids
Frank Gill Slaughter (born February 25, 1908 – died May 17, 2001) was an American writer and doctor. He was also known by his pen-name Frank G. Slaughter and the name C.V. Terry. His books were very popular, selling over 60 million copies!
Frank G. Slaughter used his experiences as a doctor and his love for history and the Bible to write his novels. He often shared new discoveries in medicine and new medical technologies with his readers through his exciting stories.
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Biography
Frank G. Slaughter was born in Washington, D.C.. When he was about five years old, his family moved to a farm near Berea, North Carolina. He was a very smart student. He earned his first college degree from Trinity College (which is now Duke University) when he was only 17 years old. After that, he went to medical school at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Slaughter started writing stories in 1935 while he was working as a doctor at Riverside Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. He bought a typewriter for $60, paying it off little by little. His first book, That None Should Die, was about a young doctor and was partly based on his own life. He rewrote it six times before a publisher accepted it!
Some of Frank G. Slaughter's novels were even made into movies. For example, his book Sangaree became a film in 1953. Another one, Doctors' Wives, was made into a movie in 1971.
He wrote many other books, including The Purple Quest, Surgeon, U.S.A., Tomorrow's Miracle, and The Scarlet Cord. His last novel, Transplant, was published in 1987. Frank G. Slaughter passed away on May 17, 2001, in Jacksonville, Florida.
A writer named William DuBois also helped Slaughter with 27 of his historical novels.
Books
Frank G. Slaughter wrote many books, often mixing exciting stories with facts about medicine, history, or the Bible.
Fiction
His fiction books included:
- That None Should Die (1941)
- Spencer Brade M.D. (1942)
- Battle Surgeon (1944)
- Air Surgeon (1945)
- In a Dark Garden (1946)
- Sangaree (1948)
- The Road to Bithynia (1951)
- East Side General (1952)
- The Galileans: The story of Mary Magdalene (1953)
- The Song of Ruth (1954)
- The Scarlet Cord: A novel of the woman of Jericho (1956)
- Sword and Scalpel (1957)
- The Crown and the Cross: The Life of Christ (1959)
- Doctors' Wives (1967)
- Surgeon's Choice: A Novel of Medicine Tomorrow (1969)
- Transplant (1987)
As C. V. Terry
He also wrote some books under the name C. V. Terry, such as:
- Buccaneer Surgeon (1954)
- Darien Venture (1955)
- The Deadly Lady of Madagascar (1959)
Nonfiction
He also wrote non-fiction books that shared medical knowledge:
- Immortal Magyar: Semmelweis, the Conqueror of Childbed Fever (1950)
- The New Science of Surgery (1946)
- Medicine for Moderns: The New Science of Psychosomatic Medicine (1947)
See also
In Spanish: Frank G. Slaughter para niños
