The Life and Time of Milton H. Erickson, M.D., the Master Wounded Healer

An earlier version of this biography was published in a much longer work The World's Greatest Hypnotists (University Press of America, 1996). Understandably the benchmark for a biography is its accuracy. This book meets that criterion. How can I make such a bold statement, you ask? Let me explain: In a book review published in The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter, (Fall 1997) Erickson's daughter Roxanna Erickson Klein, Ph.D., R.N. said in reference to my history of hypnotism ". . . The most contemporary of the hypnotists identified in this work is Milton H. Erickson. Two chapters are dedicated to his life and his work. For this review, his widow, Elizabeth, was asked to read these two chapters carefully, and search for errors. Although one relatively inconsequential error was found (Erickson fell ill with polio after high school, not between his junior and senior year as reported) both she and I were very positively impressed with the comprehensiveness and overall accuracy of the author's account. . . ." John C. Hughes, D.C. Las Vegas, NV