Thirty Years on Call, A Country Doctor's Family Life

Thirty Years on Call, A Country Doctor’s Family Life

$18.95

By Doris Pennington

Born in Grey County in 1888, Robert James Tucker taught in rural schools to pay for his university studies. After medical service in World War I and Queen’s Military Hospital at Kingston, he cared for people of Paisley, Ontario, until his sudden death in 1948.

196 pages, softcover
$18.95 Canada
ISBN 1-896922-14-7 978-1-896922-14-0

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Thirty Years on Call, A Country Doctor’s Family Life

By Doris Pennington

Born in Grey County in 1888, Robert James Tucker taught in rural schools to pay for his university studies. After medical service in World War I and Queen’s Military Hospital at Kingston, he cared for people of Paisley, Ontario, until his sudden death in 1948. Viola Huton Tucker, his wife, was a nurse; they met in Kingston, and, after the birth of their first baby, the young couple left the city. In Thirty Years On Call, their second daughter, Doris, reveals the challenges and joys of their family life.

196 pages, softcover
$18.95 Canada
ISBN 1-896922-14-7 978-1-896922-14-0