The soul of the condor: A forgotten holocaust [Paperback]

Carlos J Sanchez Sanchez (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1996

Of Inca descent, the author describes his childhood in the Amazon jungle and his yearning to come to the United States. Through adversity, with tenacity, the young Peruvian immigrant becomes a doctor of medicine. He lives the American way of life, but his past haunts him.

In his medical missions to desolate areas of his youth, the author reflects on the lives and culture of indians whose condition is worse than it was five hundred years ago.

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The author, a South American of Inca descent, tries to come to the essence of the opression of ancient and present-day native american: South, Central and North American Indians. His is the journey of a humble mestizo who comes to North America in Adolescence and through tenacity and perseverance becomes a doctor of medicine. But although grateful for the bounty of his adoptive country, he cannot shake his past. Having witnessed the hopelessness of his people throughout his life, with the renewed spirit of an American he courageously testifies to the holocaust of the original American inhabitants and exposes their present predicament in all the Americas, to raise public awareness of this bypassed cultures.

The author hopes that his heartfelt effort will give impetus to just-minded people everywhere these forgotten holocaust more openly and more vigorously -- to make the world aware of the injustices of the Indians' past and to seek remedies of the injustices of the present. The answer lies partly in the Indians themselves; for history has shown that the oppressed must break their own chains, because the weight of them is on their souls. Only they can shatter the links and free their spirits.

this testimonial narrative sets out to portray the feelings of most indian descendants and mestizos. Unlike all other well-intentioned medical missionaries who can relish their medical feats, the author cannot boast of medical miracles; on his medical missions he asks, rather, why, why! What happened here? The author focuses on the pathetic medical picture and misery of Indians, mestizos, and blacks, primarily to raise conciousness so that some day such aberrations are erased from the face of the earth and that medical missions such as his become a thing of the past, for it truly harms the spirit to see the desolation of one's own kind.

About the Author

Born in Peru, came to the United States in 1957 at age sixteen attended Brigham Young University for pre-medicine. Then Saint Louis University for medical training. Served in the Unites States Navy as a medical officer during Vietnam.

Presently a practicing pediatrician in San Diego, CA., Where he provides medical care to an under-served area. He is a professor of pedriatics at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. Continues to be involved in medical missions to the Amazon jungle of Peru and Brazil.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: C.J. Sanchez Sanchez; 1st edition (1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965249905
• ISBN-13: 978-0965249904
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,717,896 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Soul of the Condor: A Forgotten Holocaust, October 15, 2009

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I have had the opportunity to work w/Dr. Sanchez on this book and I use it as required reading for my Medical Terminology classes. It is a good resource to inspire minority students to enter the field of medicine. Dr. Sanchez candidly speaks of the surmounting obstacles that he faced getting an education but, through his determination and perseverance, his focus on becoming a physicin prevailed. His love and respect for his adoptive country give the reader a sense of patriotism while not compromising his love for his motherland. The vocabulary is advanced for EL students, however, the story and its message are well worth the difficult reading.