Title: Phineas Gauge
Author: John Fleischman
Genre: Non – Fiction/ biography
Phineas Gauge was a rail road worker in 1848, and he had an accident it also leads to many discoveries. Phineas was a foreman who survived a blasting accident despite his major brain injury. He made a complete recovery. Phineas went on to have many jobs, and it changed him forever while making change peoples thought.
The authors’ message in the book is about luck and weather or not Phineas is lucky. The author says he was lucky and, I agree with him. The great fact of that is that he survived was amazing, so I think there is luck...
I thought the book was ok, but some parts were slow. Although I thought it was good when the tamping iron going through his head. He lived and some of the pictures. I would rate this book a three star book. I would recommend this book to others.
Author: John Fleischman
Genre: Non – Fiction/ biography
Phineas Gauge was a rail road worker in 1848, and he had an accident it also leads to many discoveries. Phineas was a foreman who survived a blasting accident despite his major brain injury. He made a complete recovery. Phineas went on to have many jobs, and it changed him forever while making change peoples thought.
The authors’ message in the book is about luck and weather or not Phineas is lucky. The author says he was lucky and, I agree with him. The great fact of that is that he survived was amazing, so I think there is luck...
I thought the book was ok, but some parts were slow. Although I thought it was good when the tamping iron going through his head. He lived and some of the pictures. I would rate this book a three star book. I would recommend this book to others.
