{"product_id":"the-organ-thieves-the-shocking-story-of-the-first-heart-transplant-in-the-segregated-south-9781982107536","title":"The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e in this \"startling...powerful\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1968, Bruce Tucker, a black man, went into Virginia's top research hospital with a head injury, only to have his heart taken out of his body and put into the chest of a white businessman. Now, in \u003ci\u003eThe Organ Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Chip Jones exposes the horrifying inequality surrounding Tucker's death and how he was used as a human guinea pig without his family's permission or knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe circumstances surrounding his death reflect the long legacy of mistreating African Americans that began more than a century before with cadaver harvesting and worse. It culminated in efforts to win the heart transplant race in the late 1960s. Featuring years of research and fresh reporting, along with a foreword from social justice activist Ben Jealous, \"this powerful book weaves together a medical mystery, a legal drama, and a sweeping history, its characters confronting unprecedented issues of life and death under the shadows of centuries of racial injustice\" (Edward L. Ayers, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of the New South\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chip Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery\/Jeter Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982107536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChip Jones has been reporting for nearly thirty years for the \u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Roanoke Times, Virginia Business \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, and other publications. As a reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoanoke Times\u003c\/i\u003e, he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his work on the Pittston coal strike. He is the former communications director of the Richmond Academy of Medicine, which is where he first discovered the heart-stopping story in \u003ci\u003eThe Organ Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e, now the winner of the Library of Virginia's Literary Award for Nonfiction. It has become an invaluable resource for medical schools and other organizations exploring the history of racism and current inequities in America's healthcare system. For more, visit ChipJonesBooks.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Chip Jones \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47579933540509,"sku":"9781982107536","price":39.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_2f540aa6-ef33-4b38-a751-7ebcbc154586.jpg?v=1768899407","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-organ-thieves-the-shocking-story-of-the-first-heart-transplant-in-the-segregated-south-9781982107536","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}