OPEN BOOK OF THE LION-HEARTED

Andy Linburgh

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OPEN BOOK OF THE LION-HEARTED
Open Book of the lion-hearted is the title of the book. The opening statement is validated many times with incident, example and often forgiving magnanimity in what is clearly a Vincentian literary keepsake, to which Vincentians of every origin, race, and position can relate to.
As the opening quote suggests, the traits of perseverance, and integrity, set in an often-troubled depiction of Caribbean life, are balanced with a sense of humour and dignified clarity, spiced with specific details of life, culture, history, sociology, spanning five decades. It also offers much insight into the medical profession (right down to terminology and examples) here in the Caribbean from SVG to Cuba.
I have seldom read a literary work abounding with as much relevant Caribbean (Vincentian) detail as in this book. - Colin King Journals (first published in the Searchlight Newspaper)

Sujets

• Vie de famille
• Relations familiales
• Betrayal
• Poetry

Informations

• Publié par: Trafford Publishing
• Date de parution: 25 juin 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781698714882
• Langue: English

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OPEN BOOK OF THE LION-HEARTED
A Trilogy of Love/Betrayal, Defiance and Triumph Over Adversity
 
 
 
 
ANDY LINBURGH
 
 
 
© Copyright 2023 Andy Linburgh. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.
 
ISBN: 978-1-6987-1489-9 (sc) ISBN: 978-1-6987-1488-2 (e)
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CONTENTS
Inspiration For The Book
Production Team
About the Author
About The Book
Tribute to Mom - Lucy
Preface
Chapter 1     A Country Boy – Andy Linburgh
Chapter 2     Mom I do love you
Chapter 3     School days are happy, happy days
Chapter 4     Off to the St. Vincent Grammar School. Per Aspera ad astra!
Chapter 5     It is better to give than to receive
Chapter 6     Volunteerism without boundaries
Chapter 7     Charity begins at home
Chapter 8     From Hairoun to Havana
Chapter 9     University Life
Chapter 10   New Medicine
Chapter 11   Overcoming My Battles With Caffeine And Nicotine Addiction
Chapter 12   Gracious deceit/generosity in reverse
Chapter 13   Rare Cases of my Medical Practice from Cuba to St. Vincent
Chapter 14   Encounter with Dr. Andy Linburgh, interviewed by Neville Thompson, freelance journalist at Indian bay, a panoramic view of the Grenadine islands in the background.
Chapter 15   Life is
Hairouna, Land of the Blessed
Barry, my brother from another mother
The seven steps to success
Cuba
Politrickans
Sir Mango from Stubbs
Scrambled Eggs
You
Me
P.s. My Cousin Who “Fathered” Me
New York, New York
Magic in Mathematics
My farewell letter to Cuba and the Cuban People (Translated from Spanish) Vedado, Havana, 16th September 1998, 9:00 p.m.
Symbiosis
Dr. T’s Healing formula
Stolen from Africa (Ethiopia)
Not Because
You gonna cry to me
She Made a Mistake
I’m Gonna be Your Friend
Meet me at Piccadilly Avenue
Advice to my children and my grandchildren
People don’t change
Love me not just for pleasure
I know a place
Mount Jon Kaie
I am Linburgh
Vincentian Scientist Chronicles His Journey: Success In Treating COVID-19
Justice for George Floyd: We still can’t breathe
An open letter to the Prime Minister and people of St. Vincent and Grenadines from The Association of Writers of St. Vincent and the Grenadines November 11, 2021
Association of Writers of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (AWSVG) Press Release on the Cyber Crime Bill 2016 -August 8th ............
Independence Message – President AWSVG
Dr. Tea and Friends in Concert
INSPIRATION FOR THE BOOK
The inspiration for the book was taken from “I can do all things through Christ who strengthened me” Philippians chp4 v:13
I keep remembering my mom saying, “Seek knowledge, wisdom and understanding in life, develop a connection with your inner spirit, never ask for silver or gold and maintain a philosophy of love. Love for God, love for your neighbour. If you cannot be grateful to your neighbour you can see, you cannot be grateful to God whom you cannot see. Love is like a well; the more you extract from it the purer and cleaner it remains. All forces on earth operate in harmony and love”. In the quest for success one always has to give back. This publication is geared to provide insights, experiences and knowledge of a medical doctor in his “Quest for Success” (from Hairoun to Cuba and back!).
PRODUCTION TEAM
Typesetting/IT Specia list:
Photographer (front page):
Ed itor:
Andra Layne
Rhondel Ferguson ( Roger Photo St udio)
Monifa Allen
 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
This is a true story about Dr. Andy Linburgh. He takes the readers from birth and early childhood development through his adolescence and early adult life while pursuing a medical career at the University of Havana. He emphasizes his fate upon his return from medical school with a specialist degree in Obstetrics/Gynaecology. He highlights his early struggles as a teenager to overcome social and economic hardships and states his success studying by candle light to complete his secondary education. During the course of the book, he outlines some of his humanitarian activities and gives readers a sneak peek of his love life in Cuba. The Open Book of the Lion-Hearted (from Hairoun to Cuba and back) outlines how by medically supervising and instructing Earl ‘Ole George’ Daniel and Joel Butcher in endurance walking, he was able to share in the lime light as a trail blazer in four unofficial world record breaking performances. In a unique way he reveals his love formula for successful relationships through twenty years’ experience personally and medically. He exposes many of the lessons learnt in dealing with the opposite sex.
He unravels some of his rare encounters in his medical career and shares them in a simple and interesting manner that rivets your attention all the way through. These twelve rare medical pathologies encountered by a Vincentian doctor are very educational and informative and to some extent quite entertaining. He challenges you the reader that you would have never read anything like this before in any medical journal whether past or present. This chapter is a must read. Later he gives readers a glimpse into his next book.
He also shares in an interview with a freelance journalist from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Neville Thompson) about Cuba, past, present and future and he was able to enunciate his vision for Cuba and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He expresses gratitude to Fidel Castro and the Cuban people. It is very touching, profound and sincere. Finally, he shares in an aspect of his life that not even many of his closest friends know about. This is indeed a secret revealed for the first time, his poetic side. This gives many readers a journey along “The many moods of Dr. Andy Linburgh”.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Cuba are the two countries that played a pivotal role as Open Book of the Lion-Hearted. This is his way of saying thank you to all who have moulded him up to this day. Open Book of the Lion-Hearted is indeed a winner! And I am thankful for the opportunity to be associated with this historic project.
Andra M. Layne, I.T. Specialist – Customs & Excise Dept., St. Vincent and the Grenad ines.
ABOUT THE BOOK
“I excelled with flying colours, then returned to my homeland, where my ambition became too large for the status quo, therefore I was kept outside the system.”
Frankly and without rancor in a journalistic style of writing, son of the soil Dr. Andy Linburgh describes a life full of setbacks, trials, triumphs, and a sense of service and adaptation which precludes another realization, analogies to many careers and contexts: A prophet is without honor in his own country which Andy applies to his life. The statement is validated many times with incident, example and often forgiving magnanimity in what is clearly a Vincentian literary keepsake, to which Vincentians of every origin, race, and position can relate to: Open Book of the lion-hearted book’s title.
As the opening quote suggests, the traits of perseverance, and integrity, set in an often-troubled depiction of Caribbean life, are balanced with a sense of humour and dignified clarity, spiced with specific details of life, culture, history, sociology, spanning five decades. It also offers much insight into the medical profession (right down to terminology and examples) here in the Caribbean from SVG to Cuba.
Two pivotal points presented reflect disunity, prejudices, and the recourse which transcends and dispels these in the end. In the late 60s, early 70s, his mother horticulturist Lucy, he says was sometimes criticized for sending country pickney to town school and private school at that. Even some of the most affluent in Marriaqua Valley did not make that sacrifice. Yet in the same chapter, Linburgh writes: we (however) shared everything, even knowledge with our peers. Later he describes in the advent of hurricane Allen how those neighbors buried the hatchet and united to salvage their lives out of destructive detritus.
I have seldom read a literary work abounding with as much relevant Caribbean (Vincentian) detail as in this book.
There are references to mid-wifery, folklore, horse riding, farming (Andy awoke and worked from 5:30 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. on the family farm before attending school). It refers to the diversity of origin of our people, Scottish, African, Kalinago/Garifuna.
In Dr. Linburgh’s co-specialty-alternative medicine takes into account natural resources of healing available to us here in SVG – Jumbie soursop leaves heated with olive oil – for muscle pain, trumpet bush for a cold, cudjoe root for tumors, Neem bush for diabetes, hypertension, lemon puree for menstrual disorders. He also outlines how natural Vincentian foods saved h