The Crucial Ligaments

In 1989) I published The Crucial Ligaments, subject knee ligament surgery. It represented all I had learned at West Point and in the Military on care of the injured knee. When asked by the publisher (Churchill Livingston) the target audience I said "elite knee surgeons". They asked how many of those there were in the world and I said about 150. The 1st Edition sold about 8,500 copies so either I was wrong or their are more of us that think we are elite than I realized. We did a second edition published in 1997) and the target audience remained about the same. Both these books are now out of print. Two years ago when I moved to Vail I was about ready to tackle a new book entitled The Crucial Principles which would gather the best of the first two books and broaden the market a bit to anyone taking care of knee injuries. Realizing that I was enjoying time in Vail with Dr Steadman and that I have enormous respect for his surgical contributions to the care of the knee, I discussed with him the possibility of combining our efforts. This we have done for the betterment of the book and whatever follows and The Crucial Principles co-authored by Feagin and Steadman will be published by Williams and Wilkins in March of 2008). I will donate a copy to the West Point Library, to Keller Army Hospital and send money to the Class Fund but admire Joe Franklin even more for donating his royalties to West Point. Great Job Classmates. John Feagin (12 DEC 2007)

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