{"product_id":"house-calls-and-hitching-posts-dorcas-sharp-hoover-9781680998276","title":"House Calls and Hitching Posts: Stories from Dr. Elton Lehman's Career Among the Amish","description":"\u003cb\u003eMedical technology meets rural, Amish values of simplicity, home health remedies, and unwavering faith in divine providence when a country-boy-turned-country doctor returns to his roots in Ohio. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e**This new edition is updated with a new preface and never-before-shared details about the tragedy of the Nickel Mines school shooting as well as the incredible forgiveness displayed by the Amish community.** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHouse Calls and Hitching Posts\u003c\/i\u003e is a sometimes humorous and often intimate account of Dr. Elton Lehman's thirty-six years practicing medicine among the Amish of Wayne, Holmes, and surrounding counties in Ohio, for which he was named Country Doctor of the Year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow you can witness house calls and private moments between doctors and patients. Joe brings his dismembered fingers to the office in a coffee can filled with kerosene. Katie delivers a boy for the doctor's first home-birth. And Davy rallies to overcome a life-threatening illness at birth only to be crushed under a tractor wheel at three years old. Hoover captures in sometimes local vernacular the joys and dilemmas of a family practitioner among a rural and predominantly-Amish community. Includes a gallery of photographs from Dr. Lehman's distinguished career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorcas Sharp Hoover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1680998277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680998276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Good Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.20d","brand":"Dorcas Sharp Hoover","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074738876671,"sku":"9781680998276","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9cb9929d-a458-4f4b-97c0-373f37247444.jpg?v=1685455493","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/house-calls-and-hitching-posts-dorcas-sharp-hoover-9781680998276","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}