David Dary is the author of more than a dozen previous books including The Buffalo Book, Cowboy Culture, Entrepreneurs of the Old West, Seeking Pleasure in the Old West, Red Blood and Black Ink, The Santa Fe Trail, The Oregon Trail, and True Tales of the Prairies and Plains. He is the recipient of two Wrangler Awards from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, two Western Writers of America Spur Awards, the WWA’s Wister Owen Award for lifetime achievement, the Westerners International Best Nonfiction Book Award, and the Oklahoma Center for the Book 2008 Arrell Gibson Award for lifetime achievement. Frontier Medicine won the Alvarez Award from the American Medical Writers Association. He lives in Norman, Oklahoma.
“A grand-slam contribution to Western history. . . . Dary, one of
our greatest historians, reminds us anew how health issues
oftentimes determine history.”
—Douglas Brinkley
“Entertaining and informative. . . . Fast-paced and engaging, rich
with colorful events and characters.”
—The Washington Post
“Dary knows this material cold, and his narrative accumulates
authority and dignity as it rolls along. . . . The results are both
a horror show and undeniably engrossing.”
—New York Times Book Review
“Masterly. . . . Enthralling. . . . Enlightening. . . . Dary is
particularly effective at showing us the strengths and foibles of
early American doctors.”
—The Wall Street Journal
“Impressive. . . . Entertaining. . . . Dary provides an overview
not only of medicine but of society and a searching commentary on
how the West evolved.”
—North Florida Daily News
“A deeply researched, anecdotal history. . . . [Dary is] a skilled
storyteller.”
—Publishers Weekly
“An entertaining survey of the journey to American well-being.”
—Kirkus
“A wealth of historical discovery.”
—Booklist
“Colorful. . . . Rich. . . . Those wanting a light and engaging
look at a little-explored field of Western lore will not be
disappointed.”
—Library Journal
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