Mickey R. (missmickey) reviewed on 4/19/2006 + 2 more book reviews

The book relates the lives of a father and then his son who are both doctors. The father ventures into the frontier of Illinois and makes a home for himself and works as a country doctor. He becomes friends with the Indians and his various neighbors with different cultures and religions. The Civil War comes into play when the doctor volunteers to work with the North. The son is hearing impaired and shows how he has to overcome his disability to become a doctor and take over his fathers practice.

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