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Growing up on Newark’s streets, Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt faced temptations, pitfalls, and even jail time. Yet the three made a pact to become doctors and kept their promise through long, difficult journeys. Today they remain close friends and all practice medicine.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Memoir/Professional Memoir
Authors: Sampson Davis
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