JFK's Secret Doctor
The Remarkable Life of Medical Pioneer and Legendary Rock Climber Hans KrausBy Schwartz, Susan E
Length10h 24m
About this audiobook
Set against the grand panorama of twentieth-century world events, it captures the remarkable life and spirit of climbing and medical visionary Hans Kraus (1905-1966). Kraus was taught English by James Joyce, escaped Nazi dominated Europe, and was JFK's secret back specialist. A legendary rock climber known for hair-raising ascents on two continents, Kraus lived a life filled with tragedy and triumph, intense passion, verve, and a whole lot of guts, glory, and wit.One of the great unsung medical pioneers of the twentieth century, Kraus made headline news throughout the second half of the 1950s, was a guest of honor at Eisenhower's White House, and was the subject of cover stories in major magazines throughout America, including Sports Illustrated. His pioneering work in muscles and fitness uncovered a shocking truth about a lack of fitness in American children, and his work curing back pain brought him into the Kennedy White House and inner circle of Camelot. Here now is the life of Hans Kraus, including the behind-the-scenes story of Kennedy's crippling back problems, based on new documentation, including White House medical records and interviews with two Kennedy White House doctors.Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length10 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 22, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Front
3729 Talk, Talk, Talk: 1955–1959
2Front1
3830 Copperheads: 1955–59
3Epigraphy
3931 Indefatigable: 1955–59
4Foreword
4032 Madi: 1959
5Preface
41Part IV Camelot 1961–1963
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6Part I Europe 1878–1938
4233 The White House Calls: June 1961
71 Rudi’s Son: 1878–1921
4334 Kennedy’s Back: 1917–1955
82 Death in the Mountains: Summer of 1921
4435 Rumors: 1955–May 1961
93 Scars: 1921–1922
4536 Desperate: May 1961–October 1961
104 Dashing Young Herr Doktor Kraus: 1922–1930
4637 The Arrangement: October 1961
115 Slide Into Chaos: 1922–1930
4738 Kraus in Action: October 1961–Winter 1962
126 Through a Glass, Darkly: 1922–1933
4839 Kraus in Camelot: 1962
137 The Big Fall: Spring of 1933
4940 A Converted Kennedy: Late 1962–Early 1963
148 Emilio: 1933–1938
5041 A Cured Kennedy: May 1963–October 1963
159 The Circus Strongman: 1932–1936
5142 Male Bonding: August 1963–October 1963
1610 The Missing Link: 1936–1938
5243 The Back Corset: October 1963
1711 Flunking the Hitler Test: 1938
5344 The Assassination: November 1963
1812 Escape Plans: 1934–1938
54Part V New York 1964–1996
1913 Escape: March of 1938
5545 Fame: 1964–1965
20Part II New York 1938–1949
5646 Golden Years: 1965–1986
2114 New American: 1938
5747 A-List 1965–1990
2215 Cookie: 1939
5848 Twilight: 1980–1991
2316 The Partnership: 1940–1944
5949 Finally Getting It: 1980–1991
2417 High Exposure: 1941–1944
6050 The Other Marcus: 1990–1991
2518 Cojones so Big: 1941–1944
6151 Tuesdays with Hans: 1991
2619 Susie: 1936–1938
6252 The Legacy: 1992–1996
2720 Bad Posture: 1940–1945
63Part VI the Story Behind the Story 1994–1996
2821 The Epidemic: 1946–1949
6453 The Debt: 1994
2922 A New Partner: 1946–1949
6554 One Last Kraus Miracle: 1994–1995
3023 Extracurriculars: 1946–1949
6655 Death: March 1996
31Part III New York 1950–1961
67Appendix: Kraus-Weber Tests and Kraus-Weber Exercises
3224 King Kraus: 1950–1954
68Notes
3325 Rudi’s Last Lesson: 1951
69Select Bibliography
3426 Pieces of the Puzzle: 1950–54
70Index
3527 The Road to the White House: 1952–1954
71Photo
3628 The Report that Shocked Eisenhower: 1955
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