Doc Susie: The True Story of a Country Physician in the Colorado Rockies

A biography which reads like an adventure novel.--BOOKWATCHIt is 1907 and Doc Susie came to Fraser Colorado with a bad case of tuberculosis and a broken heart. But soon she forgot about her own troubles and lived a life so colorful that Hollywood wanted to make a movie of it.
For the first time, here is an account of the real Doc Susie--the amazing, inspiring story of a woman who defied her times and her fears to help those who needed her.

Follows the real-life triumphs of Susan Anderson, a 1907 woman doctor who warded off death and the pain of a broken heart by packing a gun, journeying on horseback to heal Colorado's sick, and fighting exploitative railway management.
ISBN: 0-8041-0956-7