"People are beautiful. From the gorgeous movie star to the tiny baby in its crib asleep. The fat, the thin, the short and the tall. I love them all... Large and small animals and the uniqueness of each species combining their individual colors and habits bring beauty to every corner of the universe! Insects that fly or crawl, birds and bees, I love them all." - Harold W. Wood, D.V.M.
Born in Oklahoma before statehood, Doc Wood tells fascinating and inspirational stories of how a Oklahoma farm boy became a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Working with both people and animals, he developed an inspiring philosophy of life learning to love both human and animal people all over the world "No matter the color of their face, no matter of their ancestral race."
- How much fun can a small boy have with just a quarter on 4th of July in 1917?
- How does the son of a dirt farmer get a higher education when his father resents him trying to be smarter than his old man?
- How do you leave the family farm with no car and no money?
- Why was a 1908 photo of a wagon loaded with cotton chosen for the official poster for Oklahoma Archives Week 2005?
- How can one travel around the world without it costing anything?
- How do you perform surgery on an elephant at a wilderness clinic?
- What to do with a dog that swallows a $5,000 wedding ring?
- How do you find your career and the love of your life at the same time?
The answers are all in this book!
Companion website:
https://storiesbydoc.weebly.com/
You can view a video of Doc Wood's surgery on an elephant at a remote outdoor clinic in northeast Assam on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yPwRPWP15fk
Planet Patriot Press
Tucson, Arizona
www.planetpatriot.net/books
