Miner, preacher, doctor, teacher : stories of an odyssey from Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Ketchikan, Alaska, to a pioneering medical career in Oakland, California
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Miner, preacher, doctor, teacher : stories of an odyssey from Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Ketchikan, Alaska, to a pioneering medical career in Oakland, California
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by Frederic Loomis ; compiled and with an introduction by Lee Sims.
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Publication Information:
Walnut Creek, CA : Hardscratch Press, c2000.
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159 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780962542992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-156).
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Contents:
My first voyage -- Would-be M.D. becomes a p-v-t -- Cheechako lives up to his name -- Buck fever, and hard luck lucky -- "Medicine man" -- Lemon pie -- Pay dirt, porcupine stew, and a mail-order bride -- New Year's Eve claim jump -- Shipwreck.