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 \nLike his noted medical predecessors,Dr.Lewis startedwriting poetry as a child and continued the practice ofpoetry while he was preparing for the practice of medicine.Immediately on the completion of his surgical residency,heenlisted in the U.S.Navy and served in the South Pacific1944-1946.After a year in general surgery,he began hisconcentration on plastic surgery and has practiced in thisspecialty in Atlanta since 1949,limiting himself to AestheticPlastic Surgery for the past ten years.He regards AestheticPlastic Surgery as an art as much as a science and seesnothing strange about his concurrent practice in the art ofpoetry.  \nWhen Dr.Lewis'first book of verse was published in1962,Gordden Link,poet and critic,set the tone for a dozenfavorable reviews when he wrote:“To Dock at Stars revealsJohn Ransom Lewis to be as incisive with the clean simple,edged phrase as surgical commentators say he is with thescalpel.There is indeed something surgical about his neatdirectness.”Professor Robert Avrett of the University ofTennessee said of Dr.Lewis that “He perceives andappreciates the beauty still inherent beneath the prosaicreality of contemporary environment;and he is able topinpoint this beauty with philosophical and psychologicalprecision.”In 1976,To Dock at Stars is having its thirdprinting in a new format.  \nWhat other critics say about SMALL TowN  \nIn this volume of poems of nostalgia and memory,Dr.Lewis'vision encompasses the small town and rurallandscape of a period fading all too quickly from theAmerican scene,but captured here in images that will tug atthe heart of those who remember,and generate a desire torecreate the era of their father's prime,in those who thoughtthey were too young to care.—LARRY RUBIN  \n...Georgia's distinguished Poet Laureate goes back tothe roots of America and the sprouts of childhood,theSmall Town....In such a place one may find his identity in  \nQac  \nSMALL TOW N  \n# SMALL TOWN\n\nA ND OTHER A MERICAN POEMS  \nJOHN R A NS OM LEW IS  \nTHE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF WASHINGTON,D.C.  \nCopyright 1976 by John Ransom Lewis  \nLibrary of Congress Catalog Card Number 76-20235ISBN0-87419-044-2Printed in the United States of America  \nTo  \nE.B.L.and J.R.L.with love and appreciation  \n# ACKNOWLEDGMENTS\n\nThese poems were collected and published with thessistance of a grant from the Shenandoah ValleyAcademy of Literature.  \nSome of the poems in this volume haveappeared in Anthology of Georgia Poets,TheAtlanta Constitution,The Atlanta Journal,TheBrunswick News,The Buckhead Reporter,Bul-letin of the Medical Association of Atlanta,Georgia Life,The Georgia Magazine,TheIslander,Journal of the Medical Association ofGeorgia,The Northside Neighbor,Reflections ofGeorgia Retired Teachers,a book of memoirs.\"Small Town,\"the title poem,has beenselected for publication in the BicentennialAnthology,Poems on America,1776-1976.","cbCaikrmcY12fzez","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikrmcY12fzez","pdf",2198723,88,"English","# SMALL TOWN\n# ACKNOWLEDGMENTS","[{\"question\":\"Which works are mentioned as receiving attention or publication before or within this volume?\",\"answer\":\"To Dock at Stars is discussed as having favorable reviews and a third printing in 1976, and the title poem “Small Town” is noted as selected for a Bicentennial Anthology.\"}]","SMALL TOWN - Autographed Copy - John Ransom Lewis - AND OTHER AMERICAN POEMS | PDF",1790682212,136]