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About House Calls And Hitching Posts
Product Description Medical technology meets rural values of simplicity, home health remedies, and unwavering faith in divine providence when a country-boy-turned-country-doctor returns to his roots. House Calls and Hitching Posts is a sometimes humorous and often intimate account of Dr. Elton Lehman's 36 years practicing medicine among the Amish of Wayne, Holmes, and surrounding counties in Ohio, for which he was named Country Doctor of the Year. Now you can witness house calls and private moments between doctors and patients. Joe brings his dismembered fingers to the office in a coffee can filled with kerosene. Katie delivers a boy for the doctor's first home-birth. And three-year-old Davy rallies to overcome a life-threatening illness at birth only to be crushed under a tractor wheel. Hoover captures in sometimes local vernacular the joys and dilemmas of a family practitioner among a rural and predominantly-Amish community. Includes two galleries of photographs from Dr. Lehman's distinguished career. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home. About the Author Dorcas Sharp Hoover, a former school teacher, lives with her family in Dover, Ohio, a short drive from what is known as "Amish country." Dorcas is married to Jerry, pastor and businessman. They have six children ages five to 19. Dr. Elton Lehman delivered four of the Hoovers' six children in the birthing center he designed. At every delivery, he always had a new story to tell. Jerry Hoover would say, "Dr. Lehman, you need to write a book!" Dr. Lehman would reply, "Yes, but I'm not a writer." And then, Dr. Lehman asked Dorcas if she would write his story. House Calls and Hitching Posts is Dorcas' fourth book. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Introduction When my husband Jerry and I first met Dr. Lehman, his calm, thoughtful manner and commitment to integrity impressed us immediately. We knew we could trust this country doctor to deliver our children, even if it meant driving nearly an hour to his small-town clinic. Dr. Lehman went on to deliver four of our six children in the peaceful birthing center he designed for his Amish patients. At each delivery, my husband asked the doctor about his adventures, and "Doc" proceeded to entertain us with another account, keeping us between laughter and tears. "Doc, you need to write a book," my husband always said. Dr. Lehman would glance up with a look of startled horror on his face. Quickly, he'd slip back into his shy reserve and dash off a row of notes on his clipboard. "Oh, no," he'd say, heading for the door. "I'm not a writer." Then one afternoon Doc called me at home. "Folks have been telling me I need to record my experiences," he said, "but I'm not a writer. Would you consider writing my story for me?" Later, as Jerry and I listened to Dr. Lehman share his stories in the living room of our log cabin home, we recognized the inspirational value in the stories from this community servant. He embodied the biblical concept that in dying to self, we truly live. My husband and I decided we were willing to make sacrifices of our own to bring these stories to others. Dr. Lehman's patients have selflessly shared their hearts, thoughts, and memories with us so I could shar
