Bryson City Tales : Stories of a Doctor's First Year of Practice in the Smoky Mountains

by Walt Larimore, M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780310256700
• ISBN10: 0310256704
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

A true story with the heart, the humor, and the humility of a raw young doctor in his very first days as a new family doctor in a little town in the Appalachian Mountains.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	9	(4)
Foreword	13	(6)
The Murder	19	(12)
Part One Rewind: First Stop in Bryson City
The Arrival	31	(8)
The Hemlock Inn	39	(9)
The Grand Tour	48	(6)
The Interview	54	(13)
Part Two Fast-Forward: Awkward Beginnings in the Smokies
Settling In	67	(7)
First-Day Jitters	74	(7)
Emergency!	81	(7)
The Delivery	88	(8)
The ``Expert''	96	(6)
The Trial	102	(8)
Shitake Sam	110	(7)
Wet behind the Ears	117	(10)
Lessons in Daily Practice	127	(15)
White Lies	142	(7)
The Epiphany	149	(10)
Part Three Play: Making Bryson City Home
Becoming Part of the Team	159	(7)
Monuments	166	(9)
My First Home Victory	175	(9)
Fisher of Men	184	(8)
Fly-Fishing	192	(13)
Something Fishy	205	(9)
A Good Day at the Office	214	(7)
An Evening to Remember	221	(7)
Another New Doc Comes to Town	228	(8)
`Twas the Night before Christmas	236	(10)
A Surprising Gift	246	(7)
The New Year	253	(10)
The Home Birth	263	(14)
The Showdown	277	(14)
The Initiation	291	(14)
Home at Last	305