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<p>Dr. Oliver Sacks &ndash; the self-described &ldquo;philosophical physician&rdquo; &ndash; wrote letters throughout his life: to his parents and his beloved Auntie Len, to friends and colleagues from London, Oxford, California, and around the world. The letters begin with Sacks&rsquo; arrival in North America as a young man eager to make something of himself away , and carry us through his bumpy early career in medicine and the discovery of his writer&rsquo;s voice, outlining the doctor&rsquo;s developing interest in matters of sight and the musical brain which would shape the focus of his book <i>Awakenings</i>.<br><br>These letters chart Sacks' growth as not just a medical professional, but a man too: detailed here are the wilds of his weight-lifting, motorcycle-riding years; his many friendships and exchanges with writers, artists, and scientists (to say nothing of astronauts, botanists, and mathematicians), and his dee