My Father, Doctor Van
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Written by pioneering SLP Charles Van Riper about his physician father's life in a remote Michigan mining town, this warm and often humorous memoir offers a rare personal glimpse into the family world and formative community that shaped one of the speech-language pathology profession's most influential figures.
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In 1901, a young doctor from Niles, Michigan arrived in Champion, a remote copper mining company town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and spent years becoming the beating heart of a close-knit community. This warm, often humorous memoir of his life there was written by his son — a son who would grow up to become one of America's most celebrated speech-language pathologists. A portrait of a small-town doctor, the people he served, and the family world that shaped a remarkable career.
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