The Impossible Dream: Railway to the Moon; Loma Linda University & Loma Linda University Medical Cen

By Ken McFarland

History of Loma Linda University and Loma Linda University Medical Center from 1905. This Collectible Edition celebrates the first 100 years of these facilities. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976793105
• ISBN13: 9780976793106
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Pacific Press Publishing , Boi
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 3.14 lbs.

Customer Reviews

All things are possible

This book qualifies as one of the most inspirational stories of all time. The title says it all. A renowned doctor of the time (the turn of the 19th century) voiced his opinion that building a hospital in a place called Loma Linda, California would be as impossible as building a railway to the moon. This book shows how that hospital and adjoining medical university were indeed built, against overwhelming odds. It is not an overstatement to say miracles happened to bring this about. Example: $5,000 arriving out of nowhere, a small fortune at that time, the exact amount needed to push the project forward. More than a century later, Loma Linda Medical Center and University stand as spectacular testimonies to the power of faith, belief and tireless perseverance. It is a book that tells a story for the ages, surpassing any of the stories in popular contemporary inspirational books like Chicken Soup for the Soul. This book tells the story of a truly remarkable achievement.