It could be recalled that Ben Carson has put a number of books in the library shelf some of his work includes Gifted hands2003, A More perfect Union 2015,Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is a retired American neurosurgeon who is a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 presidential election. Born into poverty in Detroit, Michigan and a graduate of Yale University and the University of Michigan Medical School, Carson is the author of numerous books on his medical career and political stances, and was the subject of a television drama series about his life story in 2009.
He was the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland from 1984 until his retirement in 2013. Among his achievements as a surgeon were separation of conjoined twins and a technique for controlling brain seizures. Both achievements were recognized in 2008 with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Upon delivering a widely publicized speech at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast, Carson became a popular conservative figure in political media for his views on social and political issues. On May 4, 2015, Carson announced he was running for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election at a rally in his hometown of Detroit
Early life of Carson as recorded
Carson was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Sonya (née Copeland) and Robert Solomon Carson, a Baptist minister and later Cadillac factory worker. Both of Carson's parents came from rural Tennessee African- American. Carson's mother was only 13 when she married Carson's father. Carson's mother discovered her husband had another family, to which Carson's father eventually moved. Following his parents' divorce when Carson was eight years old, both he and his older brother, Curtis, were raised by their mother, who worked two or three jobs at a time, usually as a domestic servant. They were very poor; his mother occasionally relied on food stamps and other government assistance.
In his book Gifted Hands, Carson relates that, in his youth, he had a violent temper. He said he once tried to hit his mother over the head with a hammer over a clothes dispute and, that while in the ninth grade, he attempted to stab a friend who had changed the station on the radio; the blade broke in his friend's belt buckle. After this incident, Carson said that he began reading the Book of Proverbs and applying verses on anger. As a result, Carson states he "never had another problem with temper" But nine friends, classmates and neighbors who grew up with Carson told CNN in 2015 they did not remember the anger or violence that Carson has described; all expressed surprise about the incidents that Carson said had happened.
Carson attended Southwestern High School in Southwest Detroit where he excelled in JROTC, a program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces. He quickly rose to cadet colonel, highest ranking cadet in his area.
In his autobiography, Gifted Hands, Carson wrote that he dined in 1969 with General William Westmoreland, then the chief of staff of the Army and a recent commander of U.S. military operations in Vietnam, and "Later I was offered a full scholarship to West Point. This is the bone of contention. As overjoyed as I felt to be offered such a scholarship, I wasn't really tempted." On November 6, 2015, Carson's campaign clarified that he had been "introduced to folks from West Point by his ROTC Supervisors....[who] told him they could help him get an appointment based on his grades and performance in ROTC. He considered it but in the end did not seek admission [to West Point].
Carson graduated from Yale University, where he majored in psychology.[ He received his M.D. from the University of Michigan Medical School
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