Medicine Men

Extreme Appalachian Doctoring

By: Carolyn Jourdan

Narrated by: Carey Jones

A collection of the most memorable moments from old-school rural physicians who each practiced medicine for more than 50 years in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Hilarious, heroic, heartwarming true stories of miracle cures, ghost dogs, and much madcap medical mayhem. Jourdan's work is often compared to James Herriot and Bill Bryson. Her first book is on hundreds of lists of best books of the year, best book club books, and funniest books.

©2012 Carolyn Jourdan (P)2013 Carolyn Jourdan

Medicine Men

Very well done. Entertaining and moves at a good pace. As an RN for many years it was easy to relate to doctors and patients. In fact, I listened twice to the book . Thanks for an enjoyable book.

Excellent Book

Loved it! God Bless these doctors for they are truly God's gift to us. They aren't in medicine to make the money and become rich.

A bonafidentribute to heroes

True stories of country doctors in the mountains. A gem that will leave a smile on your face. I am blessed to live in the paradise of the Blue Ridge Mountains and I still see many of the characteristics described in this book in my neighbors.

James Heriot for good people. You will be happy you read this book

Southern Mom loved it!

My 89 yr Mom loved this book. Entertaining & interesting. The stories were funny , especially if you're from the South.

Mediocre for Me

This was not as humorous as I expected. I actually liked the one liners better than most of the stories. I'm not sure why I didn't connect with this book; maybe there were too many stories with minimal detail about the people involved. The male narrator threw me when it was supposed to be in the female author's voice.

Thumbs up

this is an Excellent book. Great stories and it Made me laugh and cry. I would read it again.

Great!

nonfiction, audiobook, medical, rural, short-stories
Comprised of numerous reminiscences from multiple country doctors preferring to practice in the backwoods of Appalachia from the 1920's till fairly recently. With minimal alterations, the incidents could be backwoods NSW, Minnesota/Wisconsin, or Alberta. But then, I've been a nurse since the Revolutionary War (or at least the reenactments). I absolutely loved it!
For some idiotic reason this Whispersync has been hiding in my TBR pile since March 2016!
Carey Jones is perfect as narrator.

Very interesting real life experiences

The stories in this book are heartwarming. Many of them are funny. Well worth a read.

great read

I loved this book. I love the smilies and truly you will find yourself in the room of the doctor's room. I really enjoy this reader.

Heartwarming

A wonderful tale of the devotion of old time country doctors. A wonderful look into the past and people being people.