Dr. York, Miss Winnie and the Typhoid Shot
Donald Davis
In rural North Carolina in 1951, despite parental reassurances, a typhoid shot hurt. It hurt even more when the children saw who would be administering the shot: Miss Winnie, a large, dictatorial nurse who had been "especially built by the nursing school so she would never blow away in a hard wind".
In this hilarious epic tale, our young hero learns three valuable lessons: avoiding pain only heightens it, a mother's wrath can hurt worse than a shot, and growing up sometimes involves choosing the lesser of two evils.
In Tonsils, young Davis comes face-to-face with a creature known as a "nurse-nun" when he has to get his tonsils removed. This humorous account of a tonsillectomy performed on Good Friday in a Catholic hospital pops with Davis' usual firecracker wit and humor.
For Adults and Young Adults
©1990, 1996 Donald Davis, Storyteller, Inc.; (P)1997 August House Publishers, Inc.
Author - Donald Davis.
Narrator - Donald Davis.
Published Date - Thursday, 25 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Description:
In rural North Carolina in 1951, despite parental reassurances, a typhoid shot hurt. It hurt even more when the children saw who would be administering the shot: Miss Winnie, a large, dictatorial nurse who had been "especially built by the nursing school so she would never blow away in a hard wind". In this hilarious epic tale, our young hero learns three valuable lessons: avoiding pain only heightens it, a mother's wrath can hurt worse than a shot, and growing up sometimes involves choosing the lesser of two evils. In Tonsils, young Davis comes face-to-face with a creature known as a "nurse-nun" when he has to get his tonsils removed. This humorous account of a tonsillectomy performed on Good Friday in a Catholic hospital pops with Davis' usual firecracker wit and humor. For Adults and Young Adults ©1990, 1996 Donald Davis, Storyteller, Inc.; (P)1997 August House Publishers, Inc. Author - Donald Davis. Narrator - Donald Davis. Published Date - Thursday, 25 January 2024.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:01:44
Chapter 2
Duration:00:02:46
Chapter 3
Duration:00:02:30
Chapter 4
Duration:00:13:30
Chapter 5
Duration:00:09:15
Chapter 6
Duration:00:04:12
Chapter 7
Duration:00:01:30
Chapter 8
Duration:00:02:35
Chapter 9
Duration:00:06:20
Chapter 10
Duration:00:06:46
Chapter 11
Duration:00:04:45