book
Catalog Number
2004.46.2
Title
Why Keep Them Alive
Translation: Whrth Alive Date of Origin
1936
Artist/Author
yes
Description
Book, Why Keep Them Alive?, 1932, authored by and belonged to Paul De Kruif, with his personal notes written in the margins.
History
Paul Henry De Kruif was born in Zeeland, MI on March 2, 1890 to Hendrik De Kruif (1857-1917) and Hendrika Kremer (1866-1948). He attended the University of Michigan, graduating in 1912 with his bachelor's degree and in 1916 with his Ph.D. After graduating in 1916 he entered military service and took part in Mexico on the Pancho Villa Expedition. He would later serve in France during WW1. De Kruif would become a microbiologist and author, most noted for his 1926 book, Microbe Hunters. Other books authored by De Kruif include the following: Our Medicine Men (1922); Hunger Fighters (1928); Seven Iron Men (1929); Men Against Death (1932); Why Keep Them Alive (1937); The Fight for Life (1938); The Male Hormone (1945); Health is Wealth (1940); Life Among the Doctors (1949); Kaiser Wakes the Doctors (1940); A Man Against Insanity (1957); and, The Sweeping Wind (1962). De Kruif also wrote for Reader's Digest and the Ladies Home Journal. Early in his writing career, De Kruif assisted Sinclair Lewis with his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Arrowsmith (1925). De Kruif provided valuable scientific and medical information vital to the book's plot. De Kruif died February 28, 1971, in Holland, Michigan. His first wife was Rhea Barbarin (1897-1957). His second wife was Eleanore (1920-1994).
Gift of
Soriano, Robert and Carol
