Publisher's Synopsis
LOOKING BACK AT MY AMERICA is the life story of an 81 year old physician who has combined two books into this one volume. Starting with his family's exciting escape from Ottoman Turkey to become famous American tobacco millionaires presented as a factual historical novel.The biographical portion encompasses his growing up in East Harlem, N.Y. going to France in WWII as a combat infantry soldier with the 36th Infantry Division during the BATTLE OF THE BULGE. As a biochemist then medical doctor, LIBRIUM and VALIUM were developed, followed by an NIMH post-doctoral fellowship, becoming a psychiatrist with court expert experiences and a San Quentin Prison therapist. He also recounts his memorable shipboard life experiences as a Ship's Surgeo
