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The contract surgeon : a novel / Dan O'Brien.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Brien, Dan, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oglala Indians--Fiction.
- Oglala Indians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (157 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Bison Books, [1999]
- Summary:
- Winner of the Western Heritage Award, this beautifully crafted historical novel from one of the West's most popular writers tells the true story of the friendship between Valentine McGillycuddy, a young doctor plucked from his prestigious medical career and newly married wife to serve in the army during the Great Sioux War, and the fearsome chief.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Author's Note
- Introduction
- Chronology of Events
- The Contract Surgeon
- 1. I never needed much...
- 2. I was born among...
- 3. For three days we...
- 4. At the back of...
- 5. Four years later, on...
- 6. Now, summer was turning...
- 7. Where food was concerned,...
- 8. The walk to the...
- 9. By the time the...
- 10. The first face I...
- 11. More Indians were gathered...
- 12. Pressler was squeaky clean...
- 13. My first thought was...
- 14. The crowd pressed in...
- 15. Touch the Clouds' eyes...
- 16. The water was just...
- 17. When Johnny returned, he...
- 18. It was after Johnny...
- 19. Once my senses were...
- 20. I can see Crazy...
- 21. Philo was always lithe...
- 22. I was sitting in...
- 23. Fanny's eyes were wide,...
- 24. There was a light...
- 25. Southern Michigan in the...
- 26. Holden's cackle rings in...
- 27. Fanny and I, in...
- 28. No one slept in...
- 29. When I drew the...
- 30. The bright belt of...
- 31. Johnny's eyes became huge...
- 32. To a casual observer...
- 33. Then Holden went silent...
- 34. After the Big Horn...
- 35. Looking into the face...
- 36. That's the way Fanny...
- 37. After the door closed...
- 38. "Could you have a...
- 39. There was only an...
- 40. Johnny had turned up...
- 41. Since that day the.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: O'Brien, Dan The Contract Surgeon
- ISBN:
- 9781496206947
- OCLC:
- 1299383577
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