Book Details
⚡️Book Title : The Quack's Daughter
⚡Book Author : Greta Nettleton
⚡Page : 398 pages
⚡Published July 10th 2012 by Amazon Digital Services Inc.
The Quack's Daughter - In 1884, the notorious Mrs. Dr. Rebecca J. Keck sent her daughter to Vassar to raise the family's social status; Cora Keck's unexpected educational opportunity opens a window to a turbulent era that greatly resembles our own. Raised in the gritty Mississippi River town of Davenport, Iowa, she could have walked straight out of a Susan Glaspell story, except everything in this amazing tale is true. In 2007, Cora's great-granddaughter discovered a trove of diaries and photos that reveal the inner life of a spirited heroine who ultimately faced a stark life and death crisis that would force her to re-examine her doubts about her mother's medical integrity.
The Quack's Daughter
In 1884, the notorious Mrs. Dr. Rebecca J. Keck sent her daughter to Vassar to raise the family's social status; Cora Keck's unexpected educational opportunity opens a window to a turbulent era that greatly resembles our own. Raised in the gritty Mississippi River town of Davenport, Iowa, she could have walked straight out of a Susan Glaspell story, except everything in this amazing tale is true. In 2007, Cora's great-granddaughter discovered a trove of diaries and photos that reveal the inner life of a spirited heroine who ultimately faced a stark life and death crisis that would force her to re-examine her doubts about her mother's medical integrity.
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