Doc Susie"A biography which reads like an adventure novel." BOOKWATCH It is 1907 and Doc Susie came to Fraser Colorado with a bad case of tuberculosis and a broken heart. But soon she forgot about her own troubles and lived a life so colorful that Hollywood wanted to make a movie of it. For the first time, here is an account of the real Doc Susie--the amazing, inspiring story of a woman who defied her times and her fears to help those who needed her. |
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... Woods introduced their engineer , George Schryer . She was immediately impressed with Schryer's outsize nose . " Why ... Billy Woods saw her wobble and propped his square body beneath her elbow . Axel Bergstrom saw her , too . He scooped ...
... Woods introduced their engineer , George Schryer . She was immediately impressed with Schryer's outsize nose . " Why ... Billy Woods saw her wobble and propped his square body beneath her elbow . Axel Bergstrom saw her , too . He scooped ...
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... Billy Woods called down from Arrow . There's a baby awful sick up there and he wants you to come see her . There's a freight coupling on a helper engine at Tabernash , going up the hill in about 15 minutes , " the boy gasped after ...
... Billy Woods called down from Arrow . There's a baby awful sick up there and he wants you to come see her . There's a freight coupling on a helper engine at Tabernash , going up the hill in about 15 minutes , " the boy gasped after ...
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... Billy Woods anymore ? ” " Naw . He get a bad cook . Bunch of us quit . " She knew that men who shoveled in food at two to three times the rate of ordinary workmen set more store by an outfit's grub than by its wages ; sometimes even one ...
... Billy Woods anymore ? ” " Naw . He get a bad cook . Bunch of us quit . " She knew that men who shoveled in food at two to three times the rate of ordinary workmen set more store by an outfit's grub than by its wages ; sometimes even one ...
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