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Shaman

The Cole Trilogy, Book 2

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Shaman

By: Noah Gordon
Narrated by: Ben Owen
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Shaman is the prize-winning second volume of Noah Gordon's celebrated Cole trilogy. It is as great a listening experience as The Physician. A New York Times Notable Book.

Dr. Robert Judson Cole travels from his ravaged Scotland homeland, through the operating rooms of Boston, to the cabins of frontier Illinois. In the wilderness he befriends the starving remnants of the Sauk tribe, who have fled their reservation. In the process, he absorbs their culture and learns native remedies that enrich the classical medical education he received at Edinburgh University. He marries a remarkable settler woman he had saved from illness. The details of how their deaf son manages to become a physician also, despite his handicap, and the story of how the Cole family is sucked into the bloody vortex of the Civil War and survives, makes an exceptional listening experience.

©1992 Lise Gordon, Michael Seay Gordon and The Jamie Gordon Trust (P)2017 Audible, Inc. Historical Fiction Medical Sagas Fiction War Genre Fiction Scotland

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Rich Historical Backdrop • Captivating Storyline • Excellent Narration • Immersive Setting • Generational Storytelling

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I enjoyed everything about this book. I couldn’t put it down and may listen to it again. I loved the main characters and wished they were always in my life. The book includes interesting insights to the civil war.

Historical fiction with wonderful characters

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This is a historical novel about a physician in the 1800’s. Some interesting and well done parts but the plot meanders and occasionally loses its way. Nice description of Medicine and living conditions of the times. A bit of a stretch that the doc should be involved in both the Underground Railroad and Gettysburg.

The narrator is very good but as in The Physician he mispronounces both medical and Hebrew terms at times.

Overall fairly good but not as good as The Physician, the first book in the series. I won’t be going on to the third book.

Interesting at times

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This second story in the series about the Cole doctors was not a disappointment. I’m looking forward to the third book.

Sweet story to follow

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I enjoyed every minute of this book. I did not care for the narrator however.

the descriptions made me feel as if I was actually there. I could scarcely make myself stop listening.

Wonderful!!

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Narrator spoke well and did the voices perfectly. Lovesd the story, weaving the history of the father's story, along with the sons' stories.

The Best!

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