Medicine Men: Extreme Appalachian Doctoring - Paperback

by Carolyn Jourdan (Author)

#9 in the USA Wall Street Journal Best Seller in 2022
#5 in the USA Wall Street Journal Best Seller in 2014
#6 in the USA Wall Street Journal Best Seller in 2015
Chosen for 15 Books Every Healthcare Professional Should Read byPhysicians Weekly.

Medicine Men is an extraordinary collection of the most memorable moments from a dozen old-school rural physicians who each practiced medicine for more than 50 years in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

It contains hilarious, heroic, and heartwarming true stories of miracle cures, ghost dogs, and much madcap medical mayhem.

Quotations in the book are rendered as they were spoken in real-life Appalachian dialect.

Medicine Men is the follow on to Heart in the Right Place which was a #7 in the USA Wall Street Journal best seller in 2012 and #9 in the USA Wall Street Journal best seller in 2017.

Carolyn Jourdan is a USA Today, Audible, and 5-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author with multiple award-winning books about the Smoky Mountains, Appalachia, Medicine, Mystery, and Wildlife, such as Heart in the Right Place, Medicine Men, Out on a Limb, and Breakdown on Blowhard Mountain.

Author Biography

Carolyn Jourdan is a 4-Time Wall Street Journal best-selling author and a former U.S. Senate Counsel to the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Governmental Affairs. She has degrees from the University of Tennessee in Biomedical Engineering and Law. Carolyn lives on the family farm in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, with many stray animals.