![]() ![]() ![]() Most of the novels credited under his C.V. Slaughter's last novel, Transplant, was published in 1987. Other books by Slaughter include The Purple Quest, Surgeon, U.S.A., Tomorrow's Miracle and The Scarlet Cord. Several of Slaughter's novels became films, including Sangaree, made into the 1953 film of that name starring Fernando Lamas and Doctors' Wives, made into the 1971 film Doctors' Wives starring Dyan Cannon and Gene Hackman. He rewrote the manuscript of That None Should Die, a semi-autobiographical story of a young doctor, six times before Doubleday accepted it. He began writing fiction in 1935 while a physician at Riverside Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, paying off a $60 typewriter at $5 a month. He earned a bachelor's degree from Trinity College (now Duke University) at 17 and went to medical school at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. When he was about five years old, his family moved to a farm near Berea, North Carolina, which is west of Oxford, North Carolina. Slaughter was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Stephen Lucious Slaughter and Sarah "Sallie" Nicholson Gill. Through his novels, he often introduced readers to new findings in medical research and new medical technologies. His novels drew on his own experience as a doctor and his interest in history and the Bible. Terry, was an American novelist and physician whose books sold more than 60 million copies. 1926 Duke University graduation photo, age 17įrank Gill Slaughter (Febru– May 17, 2001), pen-name Frank G. ![]()
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