Dr. Coptr: The Flying Physician Who Kept His Promise to Tangier Island

by Bill Lohmann

Overview

When Dr. David Nichols began flying to Tangier Island on his day off each week, he vowed to island residents that he would never abandon them, and for more than three decades he never did. This is the inspiring story of a Canadian-born physician and pilot, a quirky island in the Chesapeake Bay and the remarkable relationship they forged.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732517929
Publisher:	Pathway Book Service
Publication date:	09/24/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	20 MB
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Table of Contents

Preface ix

Foreword xi

Through a Photographer's Lens xv

Introduction xix

Chapter 1 Waiting For the Doc 1

Chapter 2 Chasing Dreams 13

Chapter 3 Wanted: Physician 41

Chapter 4 The Mission Begins 57

Chapter 5 Splendid Isolation 73

Chapter 6 Endangered 97

Chapter 7 Headmaster and Taskmaster 129

Chapter 8 'A Lady Dr. Nichols' 151

Chapter 9 Saving Lives, Making Friends 169

Chapter 10 A Leaky Roof, Kind Hearts 207

Chapter 11 The News is Bad 237

Chapter 12 Saying Goodbye 263

Chapter 13 Going Home 279

Afterword 287

Author's Note 311

About the Author 315