Chula Vista, CA: By the author, (1996). SIGNED first edition - "Of Inca descent, the author describes his childhood in the Amazon jungle and his yearning to come to the United States. Through adversity, with tenacity, the young Peruvian immigrant becomes a doctor of medicine. . . In his medical missions to the desolate areas of his youth, the author reflects on the lives and culture of indians whose condition is worse than it was five hundred years ago." INSCRIBED in Spanish on the dedication page and SIGNED simply as "Carlos." 304 pp. ISBN: 0-965249905.