Searching for my destiny
By: George Blue Spruce Jr. as told to Deanne Durrett.
Contributors: Durrett, Deanne, 1940-
Series: American Indian lives; American Indian lives
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780803213739
Subjects: Blue Spruce, George; Blue Spruce, George; Dentists -- United States -- Biography; Indians of North America -- Biography; Dentists -- Personal Narratives; Indians, North American -- history -- Personal Narratives
Genres: Biography; Personal Narratives
Description: xv, 294 p., [20] p. of plates : 23 cm
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Those who came before me; title: Those who paved my way; title: Campus brats, cousins, and the lessons of life; title: Formal education, hard knocks, and rewards; title: Creighton years; title: Finally : Doctor Blue Spruce; title: Lieutenant Blue Spruce, USN; title: Indian Health Service dentist; title: From the wilds of Montana to New York City; title: Merchant Marines; title: Back to school; title: Off to South America; title: Back in the States; title: Special assistant, Bureau of Health Manpower Education; title: Career change : the "money man"; title: King of the hill; title: Finally : director of the program closest to my heart; title: Assistant Surgeon General; title: Come, follow me; title: To those who hold our future.