Shaman: The Physician, Shaman, And Matters Of Choice (The Cole Trilogy #2)
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- Synopsis
- This New York Times Notable Book is a &“sweeping historical drama&” of a physician and his family on the Illinois frontier in the nineteenth century (The New York Times Book Review).Dr. Robert Judson Cole travels from his ravaged Scotland homeland, through the operating rooms of Boston, to the cabins of frontier Illinois. In the wilderness he befriends the starving remnants of the Sauk tribe, who have fled their reservation. In the process, he absorbs their culture and learns native remedies that enrich the classical medical education he received at Edinburgh University. He marries a remarkable settler woman he had saved from illness. The details of how their deaf son manages to become a physician also, despite his handicap, and the story of how the Cole family is sucked into the bloody vortex of the Civil War and survives, makes an exceptional reading experience.
- Copyright:
- 1992
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 652 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781453263754
- Publisher:
- Open Road Media
- Date of Addition:
- 11/29/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Lise Gordon, Michael Seay Gordon and The Jamie Gordon Trust
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Literature and Fiction, Medicine
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.