6.25" x 9.25", 238 page hardcover with dustjacket titled BORN TO BE A DOCTOR: A MEMOIR by Paul Burns, MD with Barbara A. Langham/ Briscoe Center For American History, The University of Texas at Austin, ISBN # 978-0-9997318-1-9, First Edition, copyright 2018/ Paul Burns has led an extraordinary life. He grew up on a ranch in rural west central Texas, then excelled in his studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His fascinating memoir details his experiences in medical school and his insights into the medical training of the era as well as his reflections on his tour of duty as a physician during the Vietnam War. After completing his medical training, he helped found a pioneering ENT clinic in Austin, just at the time that the city was developing into a major metropolis. The book is complete and in FINE condition with some overall light wear that includes an small indentation to the side of the spine of the book . On the front free endpaper the author has signed, "For Lyn Clark with gratitude, Paul Burns, Austin, TX, December 19, 2018".