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The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley

The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley

Lee, R. Alton

Hardcover

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ISBN10: 0813122325
ISBN13: 9780813122328
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: May 10 2002
Pages: 330
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.83 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.36
Language: English

By 1926, it seemed that John R. Brinkley's experimental rejuvenation cure--transplanting goat glands into aging men--had taken the nation by storm. Never mind that Doc Brinkley's medical credentials were shaky at best and that he prescribed medication over the airwaves via his high-power radio stations. To most in the medical field, he was a quack. But to his many patients and listeners, he was a brilliant surgeon, a savior of their lost manhood and youth. His rogue radio stations, XER and its successor XERA, eventually broadcast at an antenna-shattering 1,000,000 watts and not only were a megaphone for Brinkley's lucrative quackery but also hosted an unprecedented number of then-unknown country musicians and other guests.

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