Medicineman 1884 - Dahmen, Sara

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Résumé :
What kind of man chooses to trade all the comforts of a civilized East for the chaos of the Wild West? What forces a man on an unstoppable trajectory toward passion, love and loss? And how does one decide to be a doctor at a time when the entire profession is ridiculed? Dr. Patrick Kinney is no ordinary man, not least for his tenuous position as the only medical professional in Flats Junction. He's met his match in the widow Jane, in more ways than one, but together they struggle against disease, injuries and the stubborn resistance of frontier folk to medicine and healthcare. Now, old enemies lurk and new threats loom. Flats Junction hurtles toward the unknown as Patrick and Jane struggle to save as many lives as they can....

Biographie:
As one of (if not the only) female coppersmith in America (or the world), Sara Dahmen works as a metalsmith of vintage and modern cookware and manufactures pure metal kitchenware in tin, copper, and iron in her garage. Her debut novel, Widow 1881, won the Laramie Award grand prize for Western Historical Fiction, Fiction Book of the Year from Author's Circle and featured as a Pulpwood Queen Book Club Book. She has published over 100 articles as a contributing editor for trade magazines, and spoke at TEDx Rapid City. She is the co-founder of the upcoming American Pure Metals Guild, and is also an apprentice to a master tinsmith in Wisconsin, where she works with tools from the 1700 and 1800's to build vintage cookware or design custom work from scratch. When not writing or sewing authentic clothing for 1830's fur trade reenactments, she can be found managing her household (not very well), hosting themed dinner parties, reading the Economist and reference books, brainstorming with her husband, John, or playing with her three young children. She is also extremely active in her Port Washington, Wisconsin community, sitting on boards and volunteer positions throughout the city....

Sommaire:
What kind of man chooses to trade all the comforts of a civilized East for the chaos of the Wild West? What forces a man on an unstoppable trajectory toward passion, love and loss? And how does one decide to be a doctor at a time when the entire profession is ridiculed? Dr. Patrick Kinney is no ordinary man, not least for his tenuous position as the only medical professional in Flats Junction. He's met his match in the widow Jane, in more ways than one, but together they struggle against disease, injuries and the stubborn resistance of frontier folk to medicine and healthcare. Now, old enemies lurk and new threats loom. Flats Junction hurtles toward the unknown as Patrick and Jane struggle to save as many lives as they can....