Early Adventures of Painless Parker by Pronych, Peter M - 1995

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hantsport, Nova Scotia: Lancelot Press, 1996. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. paperback, 234 pages : illustrations, spine faded, 4 lines inink on half-title, Edgar Randolph (Rudolph) Parker, (Painless Parker) was born in March,1872 in Tynemouth Creek, New Brunswwick, on the shors of the Bay of Fundy.Parker was determined to bring dental care to the poor and never to be poor himself. He succeeded beyond his wildest dreams; the chain of American dental clinics he established in he 1920's made him a millionaire, and the name Painless Parker became better know than the president of the United Statres..

Lancelot Press, 1996. paperback. Very Good. 1996 Lancelot Press (Hantsport, Nova Scotia, Canada), 5 1/2 x 8 inches tall paperbound in yellow glossy covers, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings, 234, [1] pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~V~ [1.5P] Throughout his professional life, Painless Parker - a self-promoting dental crusader & a patient advocate - sought to gain respectability from his profession. Instead, he was rejected by his colleagues because he used the unacceptable practice of advertising blatantly to the public. The ultraconservative profession of dentistry regarded Painless as an outlaw, a renegade, a fraud, a charlatan, a quack, a scoundrel, a thorn in their sides and above all else, unprofessional. However, Painless may have been years ahead of his time. Parker's very active life, which spanned 80 years, can be divided into three periods: THE FORMATIVE YEARS in the Canadian… Read More

Hantsport: Lancelot Press, 1996. Probable First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 235 pp, illus.; light crease to upper corner of front cover, light sunning to spine, small spot of soiling to top page edges, othefrwise a nice, tight copy.