The Contract Surgeon
 

The Contract Surgeon

by Dan O'Brien

This beautifully written historical novel from one of the West's most popular writers tells the true story of the friendship between Valentine McGillicuddy, 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 great chief Crazy Horse. When Crazy Horse finally agrees to surrender to the United States, mistrust... (read more)

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Vanessa S
  • Rated 5 stars

Gorgeous - so glad this was recommended to me, because Western-type novels aren't usually my forte. But the relationships between characters are incredibly well-drawn, and this is one of those books where the landscape and place take on a character of their own. Doesn't hurt to learn a tiny bit about our history, either.

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carleen
  • Rated 2 stars

OK story which does put you into the time and place of the great plains in the late 19th century. I really didn't like how it skipped around chronologically and found I was losing the story line

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  • Rated 4 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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