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Overview
A readable copy of Yerby's Louisiana tale during the time when the levies were
being built in New Orleans
Description
Duncan Childers was born to be a physician. He is driven. Emerging from the
crushing poverty of New Orleans' Irish Channel, Duncan graduates from medical
school and begins a modest practice. But by a rendezvous with fate and the
passionate love of two women sends him off course. Through the support and
connections of his socially prominent wife who wants to control both him and his
career Duncan finds himself moving up in a profession that cares little for the
sick. However, the self-sacrifice and dedication of his nurse continually
reminds him of his great calling. Great are the forces arrayed against him. But
these are nothing compared to the wrath of the Ku Klux Klan who vows to keep all
‘niggers’even the former slave who Duncan has assisted in bringing modern medicine to
his own people.
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