The Fighting Doctor by Helen Reimensnyder Martin is a historical novel that tells the story of Dr. Jonathan Ferrier, a young physician who becomes embroiled in the American Civil War. Set in the mid-19th century, the novel follows Ferrier as he leaves his comfortable life in Philadelphia to join the Union Army as a surgeon. As Ferrier travels from battlefield to battlefield, he witnesses the horrors of war firsthand and is forced to confront his own...