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Dr. Cheny Duvall has recently graduated from medical school. The year is 1865 and prejudice against women doctors is strong. She applies for a job as a ship's physician and the ship's owner is delighted. The ship will carry 100 marriageable women bound for Seattle via the Panama Isthmus. For the long journey Dr. Duvall needs to stock appropriate medication for malaria and other diseases. As she makes her way through the docks to the local pharmacy a couple of rough-looking characters confront and menace her. The ship's nurse rescues her. A reasonable task for the nurse, a Civil War veteran who will need both brawn and brain for the adventures and setbacks that await them on the long trip to Seattle. An interesting read and acceptable for a younger reader.
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