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The remarkable story of Elizabeth Matheson stands out as a biography of one of Canada's extraordinary women and as a compelling picture of pioneer life on the prairies. One of Canada's first woman doctors, she was a determined and truly remarkable person, whose characters and achievements, from her early days in Ontario and India to her death in 1958 are recounted by her daughter, author Ruth Matheson Buck.
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The Doctor Rode Side-Saddle; The Remarkable Story of Elizabeth Matheson, Frontier Doctor and Medicine Woman
Published by
McClelland and Stewart, Toronto
ISBN 10: 0771017359
ISBN 13: 9780771017353
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Hardcover
Seller: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
[0-7710-1735-9] 1974. (Cloth) Fine in very good dust jacket. 175pp. 8vo. Beige boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Sunning to spine, front and rear. Very slight, neat and close tear at head of front. Seller Inventory # 103533
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The Doctor Rode Side-saddle
Published by
McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1974
ISBN 10: 0771017359
ISBN 13: 9780771017353
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Ainsworth Books ( IOBA), Chilliwack, BC, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Signed by Author; DJ has a couple of short tears, spine faded. Extensive gift notation on front free end paper.; Author inscription on title page, inscribed to the subject of gift inscription. A tight solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations; 175 pages; The remarkable story of Elizabeth Matheson stands out as a biography of one of Canada's extraordinary women and as a compelling picture of pioneer life on the prairies. One of Canada's first woman doctors, she was a determined, truly remarkable person, whose character and achievements, from her early days in Ontario and India to her death in 1958, are recounted by her daughter, author Ruth Matheson Buck. Here are her struggles as a woman and a mother of nine, her fight against discrimination in the medical profession, her tireless efforts to gain the trust of the Cree Indians at the Onion Lake Mission in Northern Saskatchewan, built up over the years, and her exhausting, life-saving journeys to the bleak outposts of her practice. Seller Inventory # 14710
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The Doctor Rode Side-Saddle
Published by
McClelland and Stewart, Toronto
ISBN 10: 0771017359
ISBN 13: 9780771017353
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
[0-7710-1735-9] 1974, 1st printing. (Hardcover) Fine in very good plus dust jacket. 175pp. Signed with inscription by the author. Photographs, bibliography. There are tapestains on the endpapers. The dust jacket has very minor edgewear and is lightly faded on the spine. Also included is a photograph of the author at a book signing mounted on a card with a signed presentation inscription. Biography of Elizabeth Scott Matheson. Locale: ; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Western Canada, Doctors--Saskatchewan, Women Doctors--Saskatchewan). Seller Inventory # 146287