Medicine Woman's Revenge

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In 1866, a Chiricahua Apache girl, Dah-zhonne, was eleven years old when a Mexican army unit attacked and decimated her band’s village. The horrible affair changed her life forever and she swore vengeance on the Mexican colonel, Lorenzo Garcia, who led the attack. Orphaned in the massacre, Dah-zhonne was rescued by American troops and adopted by an army surgeon, Jack Morgan. Morgan and his wife, Mary, soon moved to Philadelphia with the Indian girl they renamed Jada Morgan. Jada lived the upscale life of a wealthy young woman; apprenticed in Dr. Morgan’s medical practice; and received her MD degree from the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. After two failed love affairs, she returned to the Southwest and became involved in a series of thrilling but sometimes dangerous adventures. Forced into Mexico by tribal dissidents where she was captured by Garcia, the man who killed her parents years earlier, she faces a lifetime as the colonel’s sex slave. But Jada escapes with six other women, and this daring breakout brings more unexpected dangers than they imagined. Includes Readers Guide.

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Medicine Woman's Revenge by Bud Shapard is a compelling work of fiction published in 2016 that spans 224 pages, tracing a remarkable journey from profound tragedy to a quest for justice and self-discovery. The narrative begins in the year 1866 when an eleven-year-old Chiricahua Apache girl named Dah-zhonne suffers an unimaginable loss. A Mexican army unit brutally attacks and decimates her band's village, altering the course of her life forever. In the wake of this horrifying massacre, which leaves her orphaned, Dah-zhonne makes a solemn vow to seek vengeance against the Mexican colonel, Lorenzo Garcia, who orchestrated and led the ruthless assault. Amidst the ruins of her early life, a twist of fate brings American troops to the scene. Dah-zhonne is rescued and subsequently adopted by an army surgeon named Jack Morgan and his wife, Mary. The couple relocates with the young girl to Philadelphia, where she is given a new name, Jada Morgan, and integrated into a very different world. Far removed from the landscapes of the Southwest, Jada grows up experiencing the upscale lifestyle of a wealthy young woman in the bustling eastern city. Despite the cultural shift and the comforts of her adoptive home, Jada's path remains uniquely driven. She apprentices in Dr. Morgan's medical practice, channeling her intellect and resilience into a formal education. Her dedication culminates in earning her medical degree from the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, transforming her into a skilled physician ready to navigate a challenging era for women in medicine. Life in Philadelphia brings its own set of trials, including two failed love affairs that test her emotional resilience. However, these experiences ultimately pave the way for a major turning point. Driven by an unresolved past and a yearning for her true origins, Jada makes the bold decision to leave the East behind and return to the American Southwest. Back in the familiar yet unforgiving landscape of her youth, she steps into a series of thrilling and occasionally perilous adventures. Blending her dual heritages and her professional medical training, Jada navigates the dangers of the frontier, bringing her ever closer to confronting the ghosts of her childhood and the man who tore her world apart decades prior.

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