Bull In The Ring

By Michael P. McCarthy and Dr Michael McCarthy

Book Overview

Bull in the Ring is a unique amalgam part medicine, part military part football. The story centers on a very small fraction of a busy surgeon's career. Dr. Mike McCarthy is coerced into coaching the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1413467407
• ISBN13: 9781413467406
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Humor in Uniform

If you like riotous humor, then Bull In The Ring is for you. The collection of autobiographical episodes by Navy Surgeon Doctor Michael McCarthy will keep you laughing through each concise and easy to follow chapter. The lessons learned by Doctor McCarthy aboard a nuclear submarine, as coash of a football team of Navy corpsmen, and during his everyday practice as a military physician are things every doctor who served understands and loves to remember! I feel strongly that reading Bull In The Ring will help the reader broaden his outlook on life,and help the reader to understand the humor of medical life in the military.

Humor in Uniform

To get an idea of what REALLY goes on in military medicine, read this humorous, well-written, tell-it-like-it-is story of 2 Navy Captains (both physicians) coaching a Navy Hospital football team in a Marine league. A moving admixture of heart-warming stories about TRUE military heroes, hilarious episodes and behind-the-scenes looks at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. Dr. McCarthy was cut from a different mold as is evident from his bold, entertaining literary style.

Medicine, Military and Football

Dr. McCarthy is a great storyteller. "Bull in the Ring" is his autobiographical tale of a Navy doctor who is recruited to coach the hospital football team, a perennial doormat in a league of Marines. The book is a behind-the-scenes look at a down to earth doc who balances his life as a family man, intense football coach and compassionate physician. He throws in funny stories of military protocol and operating room pranks. You will love this book.